gateway
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gate·way
(gāt′wā′)n.
1. An opening or a structure framing an opening, such as an arch, that may be closed by a gate.
2. Something that serves as an entrance or a means of access: a gateway to success; the gateway to the West.
3. Software or hardware that enables communication between computer networks that use different communications protocols. Also called router2.
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gateway
(ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ)n
1. an entrance that may be closed by or as by a gate
2. a means of entry or access: Mumbai, gateway to India.
3. (modifier) allowing entry, access, or progress to a more extreme form: gateway drug; gateway drink.
4. (Computer Science) computing hardware and software that connect incompatible computer networks, allowing information to be passed from one to another
5. (Computer Science) a software utility that enables text messages to be sent and received over digital cellular telephone networks
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gate•way
(ˈgeɪtˌweɪ)n.
1. an entrance or passage that may be closed by a gate.
2. a structure for enclosing such an opening or entrance.
3. any passage by or point at which a region may be entered.
4. software or hardware that links two computer networks.
[1700–10]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" |
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gateway
[ˈgeɪtweɪ] N (gen) → puerta f (de acceso)New York, the gateway to America → Nueva York, la puerta a América
the gateway to success → la puerta al éxito
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gate
(geit) noun (a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass. I'll meet you at the park gate(s).puerta; verja
ˈgate-crash verb to enter or go to (a party, meeting etc) without being invited or without paying. colarse
ˈgate-crasher noun persona que se ha colado, intruso
ˈgate-post noun a post to which a gate is fixed. poste
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