different between gateway vs conduit

English

Etymology

From gate +? way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?we?/

Noun

gateway (plural gateways)

2. An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
3. A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
4. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
5. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
6. (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.

Hyponyms

• (digital communication): default gateway

Related terms

• gateway drug

Translations

Verb

gateway (third-person singular simple present gateways, present participle gatewaying, simple past and past participle gatewayed)

1. (transitive, digital communications) To make available via a gateway, or access point.

Anagrams

• get away, get-away, getaway, waygate

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.tw?/

Noun

gateway m (plural gateways)

1. (Internet) gateway

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) cundite

Etymology

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nd(j)??t/, /?k?nd???t/, /?k?nd?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?nd(j)??t/, /?k?nd?t/

Noun

conduit (plural conduits)

1. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
3. A means by which something is transmitted.
4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Derived terms

• conduit bender

Translations

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

French

Etymology

From Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?i

Noun

conduit m (plural conduits)

1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)

Verb

conduit m (feminine singular conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

1. past participle of conduire

Verb

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire