Portal often refers to: *

Portal (architecture) A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure. Doors, metal gates, or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the ope ...

, an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel Portal may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Gaming

* ''Portal'' (series), two video games developed by Valve ** ''Portal'' (video game), a 2007 video game, the first in the series ** ''

Portal 2 ''Portal 2'' is a 2011 puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation, Valve for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The digital PC version is distributed online by Valve's Steam (service), Steam service, while al ...

'', the 2011 sequel ** '' Portal Stories: Mel'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' * ''Portal'' (1986 video game), a 1986 computer game by Activision * Portal (''Magic: The Gathering''), a set in the ''Magic: The Gathering'' card game *

Portal (video game element) A warp, also known as a portal or teleporter, is an element in video game design that allows a player character instant travel between two locations or levels. Specific area that allow such travel is referred to as warp zone. A warp zone might ...

, an element in video game design

Music

Portal (band) Portal is an Australian extreme metal band whose style is an unorthodox fusion of death metal, black metal, dark ambient and experimental music. The band's hybrid musical style is characterised by heavily distorted guitar riffs, down-tune ...

, an Australian extreme metal band * ''Portal'' (album), a 1994 album by Wendy & Carl * ''Portals'' (Arsonists Get All the Girls album), 2009 * ''Portals'' (Sub Focus and Wilkinson album), 2020 * "Portals", by Alan Silvestri, from the soundtrack for the film '' Avengers: Endgame'' * ''

Portals (EP) ''Portals'' is the first solo extended play (EP) by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, released on April 23, 2022, through Blackened Recordings. The EP was released digitally as well as on CD and an exclusive ocean blue vinyl pressing for Record ...

'', a 2022 EP by

Kirk Hammett Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Portal (comics) Portal (Charles Little Sky) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Portal is a mutant superhero. Publication history The character first appeared as Charles Little Sky in ''Avengers'' #304 (June ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Portal (magic trick) {{unreferenced, date=January 2012 "Portal" is a magic trick performed by the illusionist David Copperfield, in which he takes a member of the audience and transports both of them to a pre-selected location (Hawaii, the Hoover Dam, or Australia), ...

, an illusion performed by David Copperfield * ''Portal'' (TV series), a series about MMORPGs * ''Portals'' (initiative), a public art initiative that connects people in different world cities through real-time videoconferencing * ''The Portal'' (podcast), a podcast hosted by Eric Weinstein

Computing

Gateways to information

Captive portal A captive portal is a web page accessed with a web browser that is displayed to newly connected users of a Wi-Fi or wired network before they are granted broader access to network resources. Captive portals are commonly used to present a landin ...

, controlling connections to the Internet *

Enterprise portal An enterprise portal, also known as an enterprise information portal (EIP), is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational boundaries in a manner similar to the more general web portals. Enterprise portals p ...

, a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools *

Intranet portal An intranet portal is the gateway that unifies access to enterprise information and applications on an intranet. It is a tool that helps a company manage its data, applications, and information more easily through personalized views. Some portal so ...

, a gateway that unifies access to all enterprise information and applications *

Web portal A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displayin ...

, a site that functions as a point of access to information on the World Wide Web

Other uses in computing

Facebook Portal Meta Portal (also known as Portal) is a brand of smart displays and videophones released in 2018 by Facebook Inc. (now named Meta Platforms). The product line consists of four models (Portal, Portal+, Portal TV, and Portal Go) that provide vide ...

, a screen-enhanced smart speaker *

Portal rendering In computer-generated imagery and real-time 3D computer graphics, portal rendering is an algorithm for visibility determination. For example, consider a 3D computer game environment, which may contain many polygons, only a few of which may be vi ...

, an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics *

Portals network programming API Portals is a low-level network API for high-performance networking on high-performance computing systems developed by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico. Portals is currently the lowest-level network programming interfa ...

, a high-performance networking programming interface for massively parallel supercomputers *

Portal Software Portal often refers to: *Portal (architecture), an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, or the extremities (ends) of a tunnel Portal may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * ''Portal'' (series), two video games ...

, a company based in Cupertino, California

Places

Portal, Arizona Portal is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It lies south-southeast of San Simon and at the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Often called the Yosemite of Arizona, the ...

Portal, Georgia Portal is a town in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. The population was 638 at the 2010 census. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Portal as a town in 1914. It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place. Ge ...

Portal, Nebraska Portal is an unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across ...

Portal, North Dakota Portal is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census. Portal was founded in 1893. Portal sits along the Canada–United States border and is a major port of entry for road and rail traffic. No ...

* Portal Peak, a mountain in Canada * Portal, Tarporley, a country house near Tarporley, Cheshire, England *

Portal Bridge The Portal Bridge is a two-track moveable swing-span railroad bridge over the Hackensack River in Kearny and Secaucus, New Jersey, United States. It is on the Northeast Corridor just west of Secaucus Junction and east of the Sawtooth Bridges. Ow ...

, over the Hackensack River in New Jersey

Organisations

Clube Atlético Portal Clube Atlético Portal, commonly known as CAP Uberlândia, is a Brazilian football club based in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais state. History The club was founded in 2010 by Guillherme Ferriera and the former footballer Gilson Batata, who was also ...

, a football club based in Uberlândia, Brazil * Portals Athletic F.C., a defunct football club, based in Overton, England *

Portals (paper makers) Portals is a papermaking business in the United Kingdom that has had two distinct existences as an independent business, from 1711 to 1995, and from 2018 onwards. It has been variously known as Portals Limited, Portals Paper Limited, Portals De L ...

, a UK paper making company

Other uses

Portal frame Portal frame is a construction technique where vertical supports are connected to horizontal beams or trusses via fixed joints with designed-in moment-resisting capacity. The result is wide spans and open floors. Portal frame structures can be ...

, a construction method *

Portal stones This article describes several characteristic architectural elements typical of European megalithic ( Stone Age) structures. Forecourt In archaeology, a forecourt is the name given to the area in front of certain types of chamber tomb. Forecourts ...

, a type of stone monument *

Portal (surname) Portal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Portal (1726–1809), English goldsmith and dramatist * Alejandro Portal (born 1995), Cuban footballer * Alex Portal (born 2002), French Paralympic swimmer * Alexia Portal, Fr ...

, shared by several notable people *

Portal venous system In the circulatory system of animals, a portal venous system occurs when a capillary bed pools into another capillary bed through veins, without first going through the heart. Both capillary beds and the blood vessels that connect them are con ...

, an occurrence where one capillary bed drains into another through veins **

Hepatic portal system In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system (although it is not the only example of a portal venous system) and splanchnic ...

, the portal system between the digestive system and the liver ***

Hepatic portal vein The portal vein or hepatic portal vein (HPV) is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver. This blood contains nutrients and toxins extracted from digested contents. Approxima ...

, a vein that drains blood from the digestive system **

Hypophyseal portal system The hypophyseal portal system is a system of blood vessels in the microcirculation at the base of the brain, connecting the hypothalamus with the anterior pituitary. Its main function is to quickly transport and exchange hormones between the hypo ...