What is a portal ? (WWWebster Dictionary)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin portale city gate, porch, from neuter of portalis of a gate, from Latin porta gate - more at PORT
- Date: 14th century
- 1 : DOOR, ENTRANCE; especially : a grand or imposing one 2 : the whole architectural composition surrounding and including the doorways and porches of a church 3 : the approach or entrance to a bridge or tunnel 4 : a communicating part or area of an organism; specifically : the point at which something (as a pathogen) enters the body