portal

A site on the World Wide Web (WWW) that serves as a gateway or port of entry to the Internet.

A portal typically includes hyperlinks to news, weather reports, stock market quotes, entertainment, chat rooms, and so on. See also chat room, gateway, hyperlink, and WWW.

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• slotted Aloha
• small and medium enterprise (SME)
• small business enterprise (SBE)
• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
• small office/home office (SOHO)
• SMDR (Station Message Detail Record)
• SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service)
• SME
• Smell-O-Vision
• SMF (Single-Mode Fiber)
• SMF (Single-Mode Fiber)
• S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)
• S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)
• SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio)
• SMS
• SMSC (Short Message Service Center)
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
• SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up)
• SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up)
• SNA (Systems Network Architecture)
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
• SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio)
• SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture)
• social engineering