Gateway : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gateway	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Gateway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gateway n an entrance that can be closed by a gate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gateway \Gate"way`\, 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
gateway 1. 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. 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)