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Gateway

A gateway is a point of entry or exit at which a gate may be hung.

Gateway may also refer to:

Computer terminology

Gateway (telecommunications), 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
Residential gateway, a home networking device

Companies

Gateway, Inc. (formerly Gateway 2000), a computer manufacturer
Gateway, a former name of the UK supermarket chain now rebranded as Somerfield
Gateway Building Society, a UK building society bought in 1988 by the Woolwich Building Society
Gateways Books and Tapes, a book and audio tape retailer bought in 1988 by Books-A-Million
Gateway Newstands, a Canadian convenience store chain located in large office buildings, shopping centres, public places, and transit stations in the United States and Canada

Geography

Africa

South Africa

Gateway Theatre of Shopping, a shopping centre in Durban

Australia

Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, the most eastern crossing of the Brisbane River, Brisbane
Gateway Motorway, a freeway in Brisbane

Asia

Hong Kong

The Gateway, Hong Kong, a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

India

Gateway of India, Bombay

Singapore

Gateway Monorail Station, a station on the Sentosa Monorail
The Gateway, Singapore, a twin-building office complex

Turkestan

Iron Gate (Central Asia)

Europe

Poland

Iron Gate, Warsaw

Romania /Serbia

Iron Gate

North America

Canada

Gateway Boulevard, a major street in Edmonton
Gateway Station on the Vancouver SkyTrain's Expo Line
Greater Vancouver Gateway Program, an infrastructure project for Greater Vancouver

United States : Communities

Gateway, Alaska, census-designated place
Gateway, Arkansas, town
Gateway, California
Gateway, Los Angeles County, California
Gateway, Nevada County, California
Gateway, San Diego, California, neighborhood
Gateway, Colorado, unincorporated town
Gateway, Florida, census-designated place

United States : Landmarks and structures

Gateway International Raceway, a racetrack in Madison, Illinois
Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis
Gateway Region, the most urbanized part of northeastern New Jersey, including Newark and Jersey City
Gateway National Recreation Area, a string of parks and beaches in New York City and New Jersey
Westfield Gateway, an enclosed shopping mall in Lincoln, Nebraska
Gateway Station (Charlotte, North Carolina), a proposed intermodal transit center in Charlotte, North Carolina
The Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex (more commonly known as "Gateway"), a stadium complex in Cleveland, Ohio, containing Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena
The Gateway District, a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City

Music

Gateway (band) a jazz trio featuring John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland
Gateway (Gateway album) a 1976 album released by the band on ECM Records
Gateway (album), an album by stoner metal band Bongzilla

In fiction

Common synonym for portal
Gateway (novel), a 1977 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
Gateway (comics), a supporting character in Marvel's X-Men series

Other

Gateway drug theory, a hypothesis on drug use
Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addicts, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA
"Gateway" in oceanography, ocean currents in the global thermohaline circulation
"Gateway" in aviation, the start or the termination for airlines at airports

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Gateway" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Volapük, Chinese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Persian: دروازه, Korean: 게이트웨이 (동음이의), Hebrew: שער, Japanese: ゲートウェイ, Portuguese: Gateway (desambiguação), Russian: Шлюз, Ukrainian: Шлюз.


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