gate

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Noun

Singular gate

Plural gates

A gate

A logic gate

1. A gate is like a door in a fence. It opens to let people go through the fence. <> ƙofar gida
   • Synonym: entrance

   Please open the gate for me; my hands are full.

2. In computers and logic, a gate is something that gives a simple yes-or-no answer from two (or one, or more than two) yes-or-no things coming into it.

   We need one more "and"-gate here so that it will give the finished answer.