Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Gateway

Gate′wayˊ

(gāt′wāˊ)
,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gateway

GA'TEWAY

,
Noun.
A way through the gate of some inclosure.
1.
A building to be passed at the entrance of the area before a mansion.

Definition 2024


Gateway

Gateway

See also: gateway

German

Noun

Gateway n (genitive Gateways, plural Gateways)

  1. (computer network) gateway

Declension

gateway

gateway

See also: Gateway

English

Noun

gateway (plural gateways)

  1. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
      The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, [].
  2. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
  3. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  4. (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

Hyponyms

  • (digital communication): default gateway

Related terms

Translations

Verb

gateway (third-person singular simple present gateways, present participle gatewaying, simple past and past participle gatewayed)

  1. (transitive, digital communications) To make available via a gateway, or access point.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From English

Noun

gateway m (plural gateways)

  1. (Internet) gateway