What (who) is portal - definition
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portal
portal1
¦ noun
1. a doorway, gate, or gateway, especially a large and imposing one.
2. Computing an Internet site providing a directory of links to other sites.
Origin
ME: from OFr., from med. L. portale, neut. of portalis 'like a gate', from L. porta 'door, gate'.
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portal2
¦ adjective Anatomy relating to the transverse fissure of the liver, through which major blood vessels pass.
Origin
C19: from mod. L. portalis, from L. porta 'gate'.
portal
n.
Gate, gateway, entrance, passage-way, door.
portal
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1.
A portal is a large impressive doorway at the entrance to a building. (LITERARY)
I went in through the royal portal.
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2.
On the Internet, a portal is a site that consists of links to other websites. (COMPUTING)
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Wikipedia
Portal
Portal often refers to:
- Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel
Portal may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for portal
1. a portal that is a coffee transparency portal,
From Silicon Valley to Swaziland _ Rick Walleigh + More _ Talks at Google
2. That's a news portal.
Gobierno EspÃa _ Luis Fernando GarcÃa _ Talks at Google
3. low portal windows.
Bradford Hipps _ Talks at Google
4. the Missouri Accountability Portal.
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5. into Ghana's main international portal.
Digital Cosmopolitans _ Ethan Zuckerman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of portal
1. The firms have already linked Livedoor‘s 15 million portal users to Usen‘s free video content delivery portal.
2. Petersburg, the Fontanka.ru news portal reported Monday.
3. Mahapatra, founder of www.studentindia.com, an education portal.
4. Alongside its traditional portal, email and Yahoo!
5. Its technology allows mobile device users browsing these services to access the specifically–designed mobile portal, whereas those who log on to the portal via PCs will have access only to the main Dubai eGovernment portal.