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1) The basic digital logic element - where the binary value of the output depends on the values of the inputs. 2) The primary control terminal of a field effect transistor.
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In hydrologic terms, a device in which a leaf or member is moved across the waterway from an external position to control or stop flow. There are many different kinds of gates used on a dam
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(circuit/computer) A circuit having an output and one or more inputs, so designed that the output is energized when - and only when - a certain combination of inputs is energized. Used in digital computers.
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| gatekeeping |
A process of choosing certain items for inclusion in news programmes and rejecting others.
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| gatekeeper |
A sociological concept. All groups have gatekeepers, people to decide (wholly or partly) who or what forms part of a given subculture. Thus, prospective gang members are checked out by existing leaders. Possible university students have an interviewer who decides whether or not to "open the gate". In the same way, gatekeepers decide who is a scientist, by controlling access to jobs, to research money and to publication in journals. ...
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