gating
Regulating signal flow
Gating is the process of controlling access or flow through a checkpoint.
In electronics, gating controls when a signal passes through a circuit.
In scientific research, gating filters data by excluding results outside set parameters.
In gaming and media, gating restricts content until players complete requirements or pay: The best weapons are gated behind a paywall.
The word implies a barrier that opens selectively.
Standards for judgment
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- shortlistingNarrowing to finalists
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
qualification · threshold · prerequisite · eligibility · sifting · triaging · prioritization · cutoff
Curved overhead passage
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- doorwayPassage into a room
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
turnstile · wicket · tollgate · checkpoint · lychgate · postern · sally port · lodge
Inspection station on route
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- keycardElectronic entry credential
badge · clearance · screening · verification · passcode · visitor pass · guard booth · intercom
Semiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- CMOSSemiconductor logic architecture
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- switchingChanging from one to another
clock · pulse · timing · trigger · channel · neuron · cardiac · action potential
Obstruction preventing passage
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- segregationForced separation by group
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- gatekeepingControlling access to something
paywalling · velvet rope · bouncer · blacklist · restricted · members-only · credentialism · elitism
Boundary structure between properties
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
pen · cage · perimeter · partition · paddock · stockade · palisade · ring-fence
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- controllingExerting authority over others
- regulatingControlling by rules
- barringExcluding from consideration
prohibiting · throttling · metering · rationing · capping · quota · bottleneck · chokepoint
criteria
Standards for judgment
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- shortlistingNarrowing to finalists
vetting · qualification · threshold · prerequisite · eligibility · sifting · triaging · prioritization · cutoff · benchmark
archway
Curved overhead passage
entryway · turnstile · wicket · tollgate · checkpoint · lychgate · postern · sally port · lodge
checkpoint
Inspection station on route
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
keycard · badge · clearance · screening · verification · passcode · visitor pass · guard booth · intercom · buzzer
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
- CMOSSemiconductor logic architecture
- signalMessage-conveying cue
switching · clock · pulse · timing · trigger · channel · neuron · cardiac · action potential
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- segregationForced separation by group
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
gatekeeping · paywalling · velvet rope · bouncer · blacklist · restricted · members-only · credentialism · elitism · exclusivity
fence
Boundary structure between properties
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
corral · pen · cage · perimeter · partition · paddock · stockade · palisade · ring-fence · hedging
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- controllingExerting authority over others
- regulatingControlling by rules
barring · prohibiting · throttling · metering · rationing · capping · quota · bottleneck · chokepoint · lockout
- audio effectsreverb, delay, flanger, chorus effect, phaser
- flow cytometryFACS, forward scatter, fluorescence, dot plot, histogram
- neural networksneural network, neural networks, hidden layers, backpropagation, layers
- Nuclear ImagingPET scan, technetium-99m, bone scan, iodine-131, F-18
- psycholinguisticslanguage processing, language comprehension, word recognition, tip of the tongue, tip-of-the-tongue
- audio dynamicsdynamic range, compressor, limiter, expander, loudness
gatingfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
open access · admitting · opening · releasing · unblocking
gatingpassing
Moving by or temporary
transmitting · conducting · ungated · open circuit · unfiltered
gatingfree access
Entry without charge
unlocking · universal access · releasing · opening up · freemium