networkpolicy
nounUK /ˈnɛtwɜːkˌpɒləsi/
US /ˈnɛtwɜːrkˌpɑːləsi/
A network policy is a set of rules that tells a computer network who is allowed to talk to whom.
The administrator wrote a network policy that only lets the office computers reach the printer.
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2. A company's official written rules about how employees may use its computer network.
New staff must read the network policy before they get a login.
3. In cloud computing, a setting that controls which programs may send data to each other.
The cluster uses a network policy to block traffic from unknown services.
4. A government or organization's plan for how communication systems should be built and shared.
The city published a network policy to expand broadband to every neighborhood.