Portal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For a list of topic-specific portals within Wikipedia, see Portal:Contents/Portals A portal is an introductory page for a given topic. It complements the main article of the subject by introducing the reader to key articles, images, and categories that further describe the subject. Portals also help editors find related projects and things they can do to help improve Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Portal.Portal may refer to:
- Portal (architecture) Portal is a general term describing an opening in the walls of a building, gate or fortification, and especially a grand entrance to an important structure. Doors, metal gates or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the opening may be made of simple building materials or decorated with, a gate, door, or tunnel
- Portal (fiction) A portal in science fiction and fantasy, is a magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations, whether separated by time or more commonly, space. It usually consists of two or more gateways, with an object entering one gateway leaving via the other instantaneously, a magical or technological doorway that connects two different locations in time or space
In entertainment:
- Portal (interactive novel), a 1986 video game by Activision
- Portal (video game), a 2007 video game by Valve Corporation
- Portal 2, the sequel to the previously listed game
- Portal (TV series) Portal is a former TV show which aired on G4. During its two-season run from 2002-2004, it was one of the most popular shows on the network. Written, produced, and hosted by Dave Meinstein, Portal was in many ways a comedy, a soap opera, a skit comedy show, and a news show. As a whole, Portal was an attempt at a new type of show by blending satire,, a series about MMORPGs
In geography:
- Portal, California
- Portal, Georgia Portal is a town in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census
- Portal, North Dakota
In music:
- Portal (Australian band), a metal band from Australia
- Portal (UK band), a band from the UK
- Portals (album), an album by Arsonists Get All The Girls
In computing:
- Enterprise portal An enterprise portal, also known as an enterprise information portal or corporate portal, is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational boundaries. It provides a secure unified access point, often in the form of a web-based user interface, and is designed to aggregate and personalize information through, a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools
- Intranet portal An intranet portal is the gateway that unifies access to all enterprise information and applications on an intranet. It is a tool that helps a company manage its data, applications, and information more easily, and through personalized views. Some portal solutions today are able to integrate legacy applications, other portals objects, and handle, a gateway that unifies access to all enterprise information and applications
- Portal rendering, an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics
- Web portal A web portal, also known as a links page, presents information from diverse sources in a unified way. Apart from the standard search engine feature, web portals offer other services such as e-mail, news, stock prices, information, databases and entertainment. Portals provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel with access, a site that functions as a point of access to information on the Internet
- Portals network programming API, a high-performance networking programming interface for massively parallel supercomputers
In other uses:
- Portal (comics), a Marvel comic character
- Portal (Magic: The Gathering), a set in the Magic: The Gathering card game
- Portal Software, a company based in Cupertino, California
- Portals Athletic F.C. Portals Athletic F.C. were a successful works football side based in Overton, near Basingstoke in Hampshire, a defunct football club, based in Overton, England
People with the surname
- Antoine Portal, French anatomist, doctor and medical historian
- Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, British Marshal of the RAF and Chief of the Air Staff in World War II
- Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, British businessman and public servant
- Michel Portal, French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
- Nicolas Portal, French professional road bicycle racer
- Gerald Portal, British colonial diplomat
See also
| Portal portal |
| List of WikiProjects |
| List of Regional Notice Boards |
- Portall, a metal band from the Netherlands
- El Portal, Florida
- Hepatic portal vein The hepatic portal vein is a vein in the abdominal cavity that drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver. It is usually formed by the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins, and also receives blood from the inferior mesenteric, gastric, and cystic veins. The hepatic portal vein is a major component of, a vein that drains blood from the digestive system
- Portal venous system In the circulatory system of animals, a portal venous system occurs when a capillary bed drains into another capillary bed through veins. Both capillary beds and the blood vessels that connect them are considered part of the portal venous system, an occurrence where one capillary bed drains into another through veins
- Portal frame, a construction method
- Portal stones, a type of stone monument
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