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DMZ
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The abbreviation DMZ that expands to demilitarized zone or data mixing zone and can refer to the following concepts:
- In military terminology, a demilitarized zone is an area, usually the frontier or boundary between two or more groups, where military activity is not permitted.
- See also: Korean Demilitarized Zone (divided at the 38th Parallel) and Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (divided at the 17th Parallel)
- In computer security terminology, a DMZ is a transistion area that resides between two networks that are governed by different policies and typically created between the Internet and a local area network. Usually, the DMZ contains systems directly accessible from the Internet, such as Web (HTTP ) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.
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- DMZ was also the name of a proto-punk rock and roll band from Boston in the mid-1970s, who later became garage rock revivalists, The Lyres.
- DMZ was the name of a well-known punk rock venue in Toronto in the mid- to late-1980s, located on Spadina Avenue.
- D.M.Z. is an album from the Resurrection Band.
- Digital Mystikz are dubstep producers from London, owning the label DMZ and promoting their own monthly event, also called DMZ.
- Lost Prophets mention "dancing in the DMZ" in the song "Everyday Combat," from their album Liberation Transmission.
- DMZ is the name of a comic book created and written by Brian Wood, and published by Vertigo/DC Comics.
- DMZ is the name of a fictional character featured in Blood Syndicate, a comic book series published by Milestone Media.
- DMZ is a fictional hallucinogen from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.
- DMZ is also a novel by Jeanette Windle, published in 2002.
- DMZ is also a mod for the game Half-Life based off the anime Dragon Ball Z.
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