gateway

5 definitions found

gateway - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gateway \Gate"way`\ (g[=a]t"w[=a]`), n.
     A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame,
     arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an
     entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
     [1913 Webster]

gateway - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gateway
      n 1: an entrance that can be closed by a gate

gateway - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  gateway
  
     1. <networking> A deprecated term for a device that enables
     data to flow between different networks (forming an
     internet).
  
     Preferred terms are "protocol converter" (connects networks
     that use different protocols), "router" (connects two
     broadcast networks at layer 3 (network layer).  Another
     example is a mail gateway, which is a layer 7 (application layer
     ) gateway.
  
     2. <hypertext> An interface between an information source
     and a World-Wide Web server.  Common Gateway Interface
     is a standard for such interfaces.  The information source
     can be any system that can be accessed by a program running on
     the web server.  A typical example is a relational database
     .
  
     (2000-05-24)
  

gateway - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Gateway, AR (town, FIPS 26110)
    Location: 36.48557 N, 93.93633 W
    Population (1990): 65 (32 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72733
  Gateway, CO (CDP, FIPS 29455)
    Location: 39.54930 N, 104.90552 W
    Population (1990): 7510 (2588 housing units)
    Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81522

gateway - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "gateway":
     French door, archway, back door, barway, bulkhead,
     carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, door, doorjamb,
     doorpost, doorway, front door, gate, gatepost, hatch, hatchway,
     lintel, porch, portal, porte cochere, postern, propylaeum, pylon,
     scuttle, side door, stile, storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap,
     trap door, turnpike, turnstile