| gateway 1. A deprecated term for a device that enables data to flow between different networks (forming an ). Preferred terms are "" (connects networks that use different ), "" (connects two broadcast networks at layer 3 (). Another example is a , which is a layer 7 () gateway. 2. An between an information source and a . is a for such interfaces. The information source can be any system that can be accessed by a program running on the web server. A typical example is a . (2000-05-24) |