Noun | 1. | gate - a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall |
2. | gate - a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs Synonyms: logic gate | |
3. | gate - total admission receipts at a sports event | |
4. | gate - passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark | |
Verb | 1. | gate - supply with a gate; "The house was gated" |
2. | gate - control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate | |
3. | gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment |
1. | GATE - GAT Extended? Based on IT. [Sammet 1969, p. 139]. | ||
2. | (hardware) | gate - A low-level digital logic component. Gates
perform Boolean functions (e.g. AND, NOT), store
bits of data (e.g. a flip-flop), and connect and
disconnect various parts of the overall circuit to control the
flow of data (tri-state buffer). In a CPU, the term applies particularly to the buffers that route data between the various functional units. Each gate allows data to flow from one unit to another or enables data from one output onto a certain bus. |