What does quarantine mean?

Answer 1

To quarantine something is to set it aside in a secured place, temporarily or permanently, in order to prevent its action or influence affecting anyone or anything else.

The common application is to medical treatment. A quarantine may be used to isolate a patient suffering from a highly infectious disease, so that other people do not contract the disease. Computer viruses and trojans can also be quarantined to prevent them infecting or attacking a computer.

Answer 2

"Quarantine" is a word used by virus protection software to refer to the cleansing of a file of a virus. Instead of deleting the file, which is usually another option, the software removes the virus from the file but that file still remains saved onto your computer.

Answer 3

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