quarantine

A period of 40 days, particularly

The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.

The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.

A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.

A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.

A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.

A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.

An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.

The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.