# silicon curtain

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A legal barrier to the transfer of technology and the sale of advanced computer equipment between China and the West.

## Etymology
From silicon (“computing”) + curtain, by analogy with Iron Curtain.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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