gateway

noun

• 1an opening that can be closed by a gate:we turned into a gateway leading to a cottage
• a frame or arch built around or over a gate:a big house with a wrought-iron gateway
• a place regarded as giving access to another place:Mombasa, the gateway to East Africa
• a means of achieving a state or condition:to me a home in the country was a gateway to happiness

• 2 Computing a device used to connect two different networks, especially a connection to the Internet.