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Where does “air-gapped” come from?

air-gapped (English) comes from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

air-gapped (English): Physically isolated from the Internet or some...

Definitions

  1. Physically isolated from the Internet or some...

Ancestry of “air-gapped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
2Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
3Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →