Gateway

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

Contents 1 Music 2 Computer terminology 3 Companies 4 Education 5 Media 6 Geography 6.1 Australia 6.2 Canada 6.3 Hong Kong 6.4 India 6.5 Singapore 6.6 South Africa 6.7 United Kingdom 6.8 United States 6.8.1 Communities 6.8.2 Landmarks 7 In fiction 8 Other 9 References

[edit] Music

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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^[1]

[edit] Education

United States

• Gateway Community and Technical College, composed of four separate campuses located in northern Kentucky
• Gateway High School (San Francisco, California), a charter school
• Gateways, a non profit Jewish organization

[edit] Media

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

[edit] Geography

[edit] Australia

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] India

• Gateway of India, a monument in Mumbai, India

[edit] Singapore

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

[edit] South Africa

• Gateway Theatre of Shopping, a shopping centre in Durban

[edit] United Kingdom

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

[edit] United States

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• Nintendo Gateway, A controller hardware that provide Nintendo games to play in airlines and hotel rooms.
• "Gateway Swimmers", a swim team in Queens, New York ^[2]

[edit] References