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'', 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), 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)'', 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), 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, controlling connections to the Internet * Enterprise portal, a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools * Intranet portal, 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 displa ...

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

Other uses in computing

* Facebook Portal, 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 v ...

, an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics * Portals network programming API, a high-performance networking programming interface for massively parallel supercomputers * Portal Software, 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, th ...

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 acr ...

* Portal, North Dakota *

Portal Peak Portal Peak is a mountain summit located four kilometers west of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Thompson, to the northwest. Portal Peak is situated east of the Wa ...

, a mountain in Canada *

Portal, Tarporley Portal is a country house standing to the northeast of the village of Tarporley, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1900–05. The architect was Walter E. Tower, nephew and partner of the stained glass designer and manufacturer C. E. ...

, a country house near Tarporley, Cheshire, England * Portal Bridge, over the Hackensack River in New Jersey

Organisations

* Clube Atlético Portal, a football club based in Uberlândia, Brazil *

Portals Athletic F.C. Portals Athletic were a works football team based between the north Hampshire towns of Overton and Whitchurch. The club ran for 60 years until the loss of the sudden loss of their financial backing in 1987. History Portals Athletic FC were fo ...

, a defunct football club, based in Overton, England * Portals (paper makers), a UK paper making company

Other uses

* Portal frame, a construction method * Portal stones, a type of stone monument * Portal (surname), shared by several notable people * Portal venous system, an occurrence where one capillary bed drains into another through veins ** Hepatic portal system, 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 hy ...