Portal
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Portal primarily refers to:
Portal (architecture), a gate, door, or tunnel Portal (fiction), a magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations
Portal may also refer to:
[edit] Computing
Enterprise portal, a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools Portal rendering, an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics Portal Software, a company based in Cupertino, California Web portal, a site that functions as a point of access to information on the Internet
[edit] Entertainment
Portal (interactive novel), an early interactive novel for personal computers Portal (TV series), a series about MMORPGs Portal (video game), a 2007 first-person puzzle game produced by Valve Corporation
[edit] Music
Portal (UK band), an ambient/dreampop band from the UK
[edit] People
Antoine Portal, French anatomist, doctor and medical historian Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, British Marshal of the RAF and Chief of the Air Staff in World War II Michel Portal, French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist Nicolas Portal, French professional road bicycle racer
[edit] Places
[edit] Biology
Hepatic portal vein, a vein that drains blood from the digestive system Portal venous system, an occurrence where one capillary bed drains into another through veins
[edit] Other
Portal (comics), a Marvel comic character Portal (Magic: The Gathering), a set in the Magic: The Gathering card game Portal frame, a construction method Portal stones, a type of stone monument

