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

English

Etymology

gate + way

Noun

1. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
2. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.

See also

• gateway drug

Translations

• French: porte, passerelle
• Spanish: puerta, verja, pórtico, entrada, salida

Gateway has several meanings. It may often share meanings with the term gate.

Music

• Gateway (album), an album by stoner metal band Bongzilla.
• Gateway (band), a jazz band.

Computer terminology

• Gateway (telecommunications), in telecommunications is a computer or a network that allows or controls access to another computer or network.
• Gateway (web page), a webpage designed to attract visitors and search engines to a particular website.
• Payment gateway, the software interface between a web-based shopping cart and a merchant account.
• Gateway (computer program), a link between two computer programs allowing them to share information and bypass certain protocols on a host computer.

Companies

• Gateway, Inc. (formerly Gateway 2000) is a computer manufacturer currently owned by Asian computer manufacturer Acer
• "Gateway", a former name of the UK supermarket chain now rebranded as Somerfield (UK retailer)
• "Gateway", a UK building society bought in 1988 by the Woolwich Building Society
• "Gateway Newstands", a Canadian tobacco/newspaper/convenience goods retailer located in the Toronto, New York, and Chicago rapid transit systems, as well as in major office towers and high-traffic shopping malls

Education

*Gateway Community and Technical College, composed of four separate campuses located in northern Kentucky

• Gateway High School (San Francisco, California), a charter school

Media

• The Gateway (newspaper), the student newspaper at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Gateway (BBC), the name given to the BBC intranet

Geography

Australia

• Gateway Bridge, the most eastern crossing of the Brisbane River, Brisbane

Canada

• Gateway pipeline, a $2.5-billion (CAD) project by Enbridge to carry crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia for export
• Gateway Station on the Vancouver SkyTrain's Expo Line
• Greater Vancouver Gateway Program proposal to expand highway 1 and twin the Port Mann bridge

Hong Kong

• Gateway, a shopping centre in Hong Kong, part of the Harbour City
• The Gateway, Hong Kong, a building in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

India

• Gateway of India, a monument in Mumbai, India

Singapore

• The Gateway, Singapore, a twin-building office complex

South Africa

• Gateway Theatre of Shopping, a shopping centre in Durban

United Kingdom

• Gateways club, a famous lesbian club located in UK.

United States

Communities

• Gateway, Alaska, a census-designated place
• Gateway, Arkansas, a town
• Gateway, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Gateway, Colorado, an unincorporated town
• Gateway, Florida, a census-designated place
• Westfield Gateway, an enclosed shopping mall in Lincoln, Nebraska

Landmarks

• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, also known as Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, famous as the "Gateway to the West" within the United States
• The Gateway District, a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Gateway International Raceway, a racetrack in Madison, Illinois
• Gateway National Recreation Area, a string of parks and beaches in New York City and New Jersey
• Gateway Region, the most urbanized part of northeastern New Jersey, including Newark and Jersey City
• The Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex (more commonly known as "Gateway"), a stadium complex in Cleveland, Ohio, containing Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena

In fiction

• Common synonym for portal
• Gateway (novel), a 1976 novel by Frederik Pohl, the first book of the Heechee series and winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award
  • Gateway (computer game), two adventure games based on the novel have been created by Legend Entertainment
• Gateways (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
• Gateway (comics), a supporting character in Marvel's X-Men series

Other

• Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addicts, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA
• Gateway (1938 film), a film starring Don Ameche
• "Gateway" in oceanography, ocean currents in the global thermohaline circulation
• "Gateway" in aviation, the start or the termination for airlines at airports
• GATEWAY - The MU* Community

References

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