English Dictionary
◊ PORTAL
portal
n : an grand and imposing entrance (often extended
metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the
portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"
English Computing Dictionary
◊ PORTAL
PORTAL
Process-Oriented Real-Time Algorithmic Language.
["PORTAL - A Pascal-based Real-Time Programming Language",
R. Schild in Algorithmic Languages, J.W. deBakker et al eds,
N-H 1981].