[Grammar] a program that can block the accesses to your computer.

[hhtt21]

I wish the form proper English sentences about computing. Would you please help me with them?

1. A firewall is a program that can quickly block unauthorized accesses to your computer?

 

[emsr2d2]

I wish [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] to form proper English sentences about computing. Would you please help me with [STRIKE]them[/STRIKE] this one?

1. A firewall is a program that can quickly block unauthorized [STRIKE]accesses[/STRIKE] access to your computer?

See above.

 

[Tdol]

Instantly?

 

[Tarheel]

I wouldn't use can. I would say:

A firewall is a program that blocks access to your computer.

 

[emsr2d2]

I wouldn't use can. I would say:

A firewall is a program that blocks access to your computer.

That loses the important information that it's unauthorised access that's denied. It sounds as if even you can't get in!

 

[Tarheel]

That loses the important information that it's unauthorised access that's denied. It sounds as if even you can't get in!

The original sentence doesn't use unauthorized. I would understand my sentence to mean that, but it does make sense to include the word.

I wouldn't think anybody would block access to themselves, so that didn't occur to me.

I'm not a computer expert, but I have heard of firewalls, and I know what they do. (Apparently, they got the idea for the word from structures designed to prevent the spread of real fires.)

 

[emsr2d2]

The original sentence doesn't use unauthorized. I would understand my sentence to mean that, but it does make sense to include the word.

Taken from post #1: A firewall is a program that can quickly block unauthorized accesses to your computer?

 

[Tarheel]

A program that blocks access to the computer.

Sorry. My mistake. I still wouldn't use can. It's not a program that can do it. It's a program that does it.

A firewall is a program that blocks unauthorized access to your computer.

I wouldn't use any adverbs.

 

[hhtt21]

Re: A program that blocks access to the computer.

Sorry. My mistake. I still wouldn't use can. It's not a program that can do it. It's a program that does it.

But don't they fail sometimes? So can't they do it sometimes?