Portal may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Gaming

* ''Portal'' (series), a series of 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 game developed by Valve for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The digital PC versions are distributed online by Valve's Steam service, while all retail editions are distributed by Elect ...

'', the 2011 sequel ** '' Portal Stories: Mel'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** ''

Portal Revolution ''Portal: Revolution'' is a 2024 puzzle-platform modification for ''Portal 2'' developed and published by Second Face Software. Set in the ''Portal'' universe prior to the events of ''Portal 2'', the game has the player control an unnamed t ...

'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** ''

Portal Reloaded ''Portal Reloaded'' is a 2021 mod for the 2011 puzzle-platform game ''Portal 2'', developed and published by Jannis Brinkmann. As in the official ''Portal'' series, gameplay involves solving puzzles by manipulating portals, which allow the p ...

'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** ''

Aperture Tag ''Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative'' is a 2014 puzzle-platform game developed and published by the Aperture Tag Team for Windows and OS X. Unlike the Portal (series), official ''Portal'' series, the gameplay revolves around a pain ...

'', 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), 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-tuned r ...

, an Australian extreme metal band * ''Portal'' (album), a 1994 album by Wendy & Carl * "Portal", a 2014 song by Lights '' Little Machines'' * ''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 * ''Portals'' (Melanie Martinez album), 2023

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Portal (comics) Karen Page Pagon Paibok Doctor Paine Dr. Thaddeus Paine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared in ''Morbius the Living Vampire'' #4 (Dece ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Portal (magic trick), an illusion performed by David Copperfield * ''Portal'' (TV series), a series about MMORPGs * ''Portal'' (sculptures), interactive art sculptures videoconferencing two cities **''

Vilnius–Lublin Portal The Vilnius–Lublin Portal is a public attraction that videoconferences between separate outdoor structures in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland. Description The portal connects Vilnius, Lithuania, and Lublin, Poland, through large, pu ...

'', a 2021 interactive public art installation **''

New York–Dublin Portal The ''New York–Dublin Portal'' (also simply known as ''The Portal'') is an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour liv ...

'', a 2024 interactive public art installation * ''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 landing o ...

, 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

Meta Portal Meta Portal (also known as Portal) is a discontinued brand of smart displays and videophones released in 2018 by Meta. The product line consists of four models: Portal, Portal+, Portal TV, and Portal Go. These models provide video chat via ...

, 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 Portal may refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * ''Portal'' (series), a series of video games developed by Valve ** ''Portal'' (video game), a 2007 video game, the first in the series ** '' Portal 2'', the 2011 sequel ** '' Portal Stori ...

, 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 in 2020. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Portal as a town in 1914. It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place. Geography P ...

* Portal, Nebraska *

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 border crossing for road (c ...

** North Portal, a village in Saskatchewan adjacent to Portal, North Dakota * Portal Peak, a mountain in Canada *

Portal Peak (Washington) Portal Peak is a mountain summit in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Description Portal Peak is situated west of the crest of the Cascade Range in the Glacier Peak Wilderness on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Fores ...

, a mountain in United States * Portal, Tarporley, a country house near Tarporley, Cheshire, England *

Portal Bridge The Portal Bridge is a two-track rotating 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. ...

, over the Hackensack River in New Jersey *

Portal Heights Canora station is a future station on the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), expected to open in October 2025. It is located in the Glenmount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of the Town of Mount Royal. The platforms are ...

, former name for a railway station in Montreal, Canada

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 t ...

, 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 British papermaking company 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, and Portals De La Rue Limit ...

, a UK paper making company

Other uses

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 *

NCAA transfer portal The NCAA transfer portal is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) application, database, and compliance tool created to manage and facilitate the process for student athletes seeking to transfer between member institutions. It is i ...

, a database and compliance tool facilitating US college athletes who wish to change schools *

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, a type of stone monument * Portal (surname), shared by several notable people *

Portal venous system In the circulatory system of vertebrates, 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 ar ...

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

Hepatic portal system In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system or portal venous system is a system of veins comprising the portal vein and its tributaries. The other portal venous system in the body is the hypophyseal portal system. Structure Large veins that ar ...

, 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. Appro ...

, 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 hyp ...

Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become fi ...