gate

puerta, portón

Puerta de una cerca o un muro que se abre para dejar pasar personas o vehículos.

En inglés sencillo: A door in a fence or wall that opens to let people or vehicles through.

• Please close the gate.
• He opened the garden gate for us.
• Is the gate locked at night?

Expresiones frecuentes: garden gate, open the gate, through the gate, front gate

puerta lógica, compuerta lógica

Componente electrónico que combina o modifica señales según una regla sencilla.

En inglés sencillo: An electronic part that combines or changes signals according to a simple rule.

• This gate has two inputs.
• The circuit needs another logic gate.
• An AND gate produces an output only when both inputs are active.

Sinónimos: logic circuit

Expresiones frecuentes: logic gate, and gate, or gate, nand gate

restringir, controlar

Controlar quién puede entrar en un lugar, acceder a algo o utilizarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To control who can enter, reach, or use something.

• They gate access with a password.
• The site gates its videos behind a subscription.
• Entry to the laboratory is gated by a security system.

Cómo se usa: gate something behind something (The company gates its reports behind a paid membership.); gate something with something (We gate access with a login screen.)

Sinónimos: restrict, control

Expresiones frecuentes: gate access, gate the content, gate something behind something