gateway
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gateway/ˈɡeɪtweɪ/
▶noun
- 1 an opening that can be closed by a gate.
■ a frame or arch built around or over a gate.
- 2 Computing a device used to connect two different networks, especially a connection to the Internet.
'gateway' also found in these Oxford entries:
CGI
- gatehouse
- gateway drug
- lychgate
- overthrow
- port
- portal
- portcullis
- porte cochère
- pylon
- torii
