a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" A young hog; a pig
Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery
A site which provides wide variety of information and services such as e-mail, chat rooms, shopping and search facilities to attract and retain a greater number of visitors
A high-traffic Web site with a wide range of content, services and vendor links It acts as a value-added middleman by selecting the content sources and assembling them in a simple-to-navigate and customize interface for presentation to the end user Portals typically offer such services as Web searching, news, reference tools, access to online shopping venues, and communications capabilities including e-mail and chat rooms
By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church
A portal is a Web site that serves as a gateway to the Internet, often consisting of a collection of links to the most popular Web services on the Internet
A Web site that offers services to entice Internet surfers to use the site as their main "point of entry" to the Web Typically, a portal will provide a directory of links to sites, a search engine, and other services such as free e-mail, or filtering and blocking options for parents An example of a portal site is www canada com/
Usually used as a marketing term to described a Web site that is or is intended to be the first place people see when using the Web Typically a 'Portal site' has a catalogue of web sites, a search engine, or both A Portal site may also offer email and other service to entice people to use that site as their main 'point of entry' (hence 'portal') to the Web
Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing
A gateway or entrance to the web In common usage it has come to describe a starting point page with a hierarchical, topical directory, a search window, and added features like news headlines and stock quotes For typical examples, see Yahoo and Netscape Netcenter