gate

portail, porte

Porte dans une clôture ou un mur, qui s’ouvre pour laisser passer des personnes ou des véhicules.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : garden gate, open the gate, through the gate, front gate

porte logique

Composant électronique qui combine ou modifie des signaux selon une règle simple.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : logic circuit

Expressions courantes : logic gate, and gate, or gate, nand gate

restreindre, contrôler

Contrôler qui peut entrer quelque part, accéder à quelque chose ou l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : gate something behind something (The company gates its reports behind a paid membership.); gate something with something (We gate access with a login screen.)

Synonymes : restrict, control

Expressions courantes : gate access, gate the content, gate something behind something