1. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
   - Bill Gates, William Henry Gates

1. A movable barrier in a fence or wall
   "They installed an automatic gate at the entrance to their driveway"
    
2. A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
   "The AND gate is a basic type of logic gate";
   - logic gate
    
3. Total admission receipts at a sports event
   "The championship game brought in a record gate"
    
4. Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
   "Travelers rushed to gate 23 to board their flight"

1. Control or restrict access to an area or resource
   "The community gated the entrance to prevent unauthorized entry"; "The website gates premium articles for paying subscribers only"
    
2. (architecture) supply with a gate
   "The house was gated"
    
3. Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
   "The engineer gated the flow of water into the reservoir"
    
4. [US, informal] Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
   "The headmaster gated the students for breaking curfew"

Sounds like: gate, gates, g

Type of: bound, computer circuit, computer scientist, confine, control, enterpriser, entrepreneur, furnish, gross, limit, movable barrier, offer, operate, passageway, provide, receipts, render, restrict, revenue, supply, throttle, trammel

Part of: air terminal, airport terminal

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