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How is a machine with a network connection 'airgapped'?

Not op but my reading was that it is airgapped from the other machines in the household, possibly on a secondary network interface. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But... that's not an airgap.

Has the original meaning of the word been lost?

bad phrase - it's on another segment

His backup HDD is airgapped, I assumed. Maybe rather he wipes and reinstalls, making it relatively impossible for malware to stay.