Gate (disambiguation)
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A gate
is an opening in a wall or fence fitted with a moveable barrier allowing it to be closed.
Gate or GATE may also refer to:
Gate
A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in a fence. Gates may prevent or control entry or exit, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port...
is an opening in a wall or fence fitted with a moveable barrier allowing it to be closed.
Gate or GATE may also refer to:
- Gate (airport)Gate (airport)A gate in aviation is a long, movable, "bridge" that allows passengers to embark and disembark their aircraft.* Jetway bridges* Air stairs, either built into the aircraft or from a mobile vehicle* Mobile lounges...
, a specified location for boarding or leaving an aircraft in an airport - Gate (engineering)Gate (engineering)In engineering, a gate is a rotating or sliding structure, supported by hinges or by a rotating horizontal or vertical axis, that can be located at an extreme of a large pipe or canal in order to control the flow of water or any fluid from one side to the other...
a movable structure used to control the flow of fluid in a pipe or channel - GATE (Examination)Graduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
, an entrance Exam for admission to postgraduate courses in India. - Gate (water transport), the watertight door that seals off a chamber of a lock
- Gate (molding), a channel which carries molten metal into a mold
- Gate (rowing), a hinged bar which can be locked over the top of a rowlock to prevent the oar from coming out
- Gate (solitaire)Gate (solitaire)Gate is a solitaire card game which is played using a deck of 52 playing cards. It gets its name because the cards are laid out in such a way that they form a gate....
, a solitaire card game - Film gateFilm gateThe film gate is the rectangular opening in the front of a motion picture camera where the film is exposed to light. The film gate can be seen by removing the lens and rotating the shutter out of the way...
, the opening in the front of a motion picture camera - Gate (cytometry)Gate (cytometry)A gate in cytometry is a set of value limits that serve to isolate a specific group of cytometric events from a large set. Gates can be defined by discrimination analysis, or can simply be drawn around a given set of data points on a printout and then converted to a computer-useful form. Gates can...
, a set of limits for data from a cytometer - Gate (transistor), terminal of a field effect transistor
- Logic gateLogic gateA logic gate is an idealized or physical device implementing a Boolean function, that is, it performs a logical operation on one or more logic inputs and produces a single logic output. Depending on the context, the term may refer to an ideal logic gate, one that has for instance zero rise time and...
, a functional building block in digital logic such as "and", "or", or "not" - Noise gateNoise gateA Noise Gate or gate is an electronic device or software that is used to control the volume of an audio signal. In its most simple form, a noise gate allows a signal to pass through only when it is above a set threshold: the gate is 'open'. If the signal falls below the threshold no signal is...
, a high-quality audio squelch control for reducing noise - Range gate, the area encompassed by one pixel of radar data
- Gate valveGate valveThe gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid. The distinct feature of a gate valve is the sealing surfaces between the gate and seats are planar, so gate valves are often used when a straight-line flow...
, a valve that opens by lifting a wedge out of the path of the fluid
As a suffix
- List of scandals with "-gate" suffix, common suffix for a public scandal, alluding to the Watergate scandalWatergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement...
- A part of a city in England near the historic location of a gate in the city walls, such as MoorgateMoorgateMoorgate was a postern in the London Wall originally built by the Romans. It was turned into a gate in the 15th century. Though the gate was demolished in 1762, the name survives as a major street in the City of London...
in London - Certain street names in northern England, from the Danish word 'gade', meaning "street"; for example, MicklegateMicklegateMicklegate is a street in the City of York, England. The name means "Great Street", "Gate" coming from the Old Norse gata, or street. Micklegate lies on the Western side of the River Ouse, Yorkshire, and holds the southern entrance into the city, Micklegate Bar, through which many monarchs have...
in York.
Media and entertainment
- The Gate, NewcastleThe Gate, NewcastleThe Gate is a retail and leisure complex in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.- History :The venue lends its name from the street on which it lies, Newgate Street. It is part of the historic Grainger Town area of Newcastle. It was opened on 28 November 2002....
an entertainment centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Gate TheatreGate TheatreThe Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
, in Dublin - The GateThe Gateis a Japanese novel written in 1910 by Natsume Sōseki, author of I Am a Cat. It was a commercial success when published in Japan and has been translated into English by Francis Mathy....
, a novel by Natsume Sōseki - Gate of Alchemy in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga
- The Gate (film)The Gate (film)The Gate is a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff and directed by Tibor Takács. The movie utilizes stop motion, Harryhausen-esque creatures.-Plot:...
, a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff - "The Gate", the third track on the album Light & ShadeLight & ShadeLight + Shade is a two-disc album by English musician Mike Oldfield. It is the first album to be released by Oldfield following his signing with Mercury Records. The album was released on 26 September 2005...
by Mike Oldfield - Gate (Mega Man), a Reploid doctor in the video game Mega Man X6
- Gate 88, a multiplayer action video game
- GåteGåteGåte was a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock...
, a Norwegian rock, metal, and folk band - "Gate 49", a song by Stiff Little Fingers
- The GatesThe GatesThe Gates was a site-specific work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The artists installed 7,503 vinyl "gates" along 23 miles of pathways in Central Park in New York City. From each gate hung a panel of deep saffron-colored nylon fabric...
, an art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Central Park in New York City - GATE, a fictional company T-Bag works for in season 4 of the TV series Prison Break
GATE as acronym
- Graduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
(GATE) is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarships/ assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify through GATE. - Gay Alliance Toward EqualityGay Alliance Toward EqualityThe Gay Alliance Toward Equality, or GATE, was one of the first Canadian gay liberation groups.Formed in spring 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, GATE was the first Canadian gay group to explicitly discuss and plan civil rights strategies for achieving gay and lesbian equality under Canadian law...
, one of the first Canadian gay liberation groups - Gifted educationGifted educationGifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...
("Gifted And Talented Education") - GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, a 1974 study under the Global Atmospheric Research ProgrammeGlobal Atmospheric Research ProgrammeThe Global Atmospheric Research Programme was a fifteen year international research programme led by the World Meteorological Organization and the International Council of Scientific Unions. It began in 1967 and organised several important field experiments including GARP Atlantic Tropical...
- Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission, a Geant4Geant4Geant4 is a platform for "the simulation of the passage of particles through matter," using Monte Carlo methods. It is the successor of the GEANT series of software toolkits developed by CERN, and the first to use Object oriented programming . Its development, maintenance and user support are...
-based Monte CarloMonte Carlo methodMonte Carlo methods are a class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to compute their results. Monte Carlo methods are often used in computer simulations of physical and mathematical systems...
simulation framework tailored to nuclear medicine - General Architecture for Text EngineeringGeneral Architecture for Text EngineeringGeneral Architecture for Text Engineering or GATE is a Java suite of tools originally developed at the University of Sheffield beginning in 1995 and now used worldwide by a wide community of scientists, companies, teachers and students for all sorts of natural language processing tasks, including...
, a human language processing system - Grupo de Ações Táticas EspeciaisGrupo de Ações Táticas EspeciaisGrupo de Ações Táticas Especiais , mostly known by its acronym GATE, is a special force of São Paulo and Minas Gerais military police. Being a tactical-natured force, their mission is rescue hostages and disarming bombs. It is the São Paulo police force with similar status and training as the U.S...
(Portuguese for "Special Tactical Actions Group"), a Brazilian police special forces squad - 'Grammy, Academy, TonyTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
and Emmy' (GATE) to refer to persons who have won all four awards, this is sometimes called the Showbiz Award Grand Slam. Similarly, EGOT stands for 'Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, TonyTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
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See also
- Gates (disambiguation)
- The Gate (disambiguation)The Gate (disambiguation)The Gate may refer to:* The Gate , a 1910 novel by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki.* The Gate , a 1987 American horror film* The Gate , a 2011 album by Kurt Elling...
- Gating (disambiguation)
- Gate PetroleumGate PetroleumGate Petroleum is a privately held diversified corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the 11th largest in Florida in 2010. In FY 2008, the company ranked #338 on the Forbes list of America's Largest Private Companies...
,a U.S. gas station franchise founded in Jacksonville, Florida - Gate StudiosGate StudiosGate Studios were located in the town of Elstree, UK. Opened in 1928, the studios were in use until the late 1940s.Movie production ceased in the early 1950s and the building was used for the production of cinema screens until 2004. The building was demolished in 2006....
, a British film studio in operation from 1928 to the early 1950s - BábBábSiyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a merchant from Shíráz, Persia, who at the age of twenty-four claimed to be the promised Qá'im . After his declaration he took the title of Báb meaning "Gate"...
, which means "Gate" and is the title taken by the founder of Bábism