Portal can be used as a synonym for porch.
Portal is a term that comes from door . In the field of construction , the portal is the hallway or the first room of the house , which presents the main door and allows access to the rest of the rooms.
In multi-family houses, on the other hand, the portal is the piece immediately next to the entrance door that provides access to the different homes. A portal is also the porch of a sumptuous building or a temple, or the door that marks the entrance to a city.
Portal is also used as a synonym for nativity scene, birth or manger , which is the representation with figures of the birth of Christ.
Internet portal
On the Internet , a portal is a website that offers, in an integrated way, a wide variety of services and resources to the user. In general, the portals offer instantly updated news, search engines, forums to share opinions, chat, online games, virtual stores for electronic purchases and email service.
The basic intention of a portal is that the user can satisfy all their needs in one place. That is why they try to offer a wide range of options, so that they become the Internet user's "gateway" to the Web. One of its objectives is for the user to use the portal as their home page (where the browser goes as soon as it is launched) and take advantage of all its services before starting to browse other more specific sites.
Yahoo!, Terra y msn son algunos ejemplos de portales de Internet. Google, en cambio, se especializa en las searches.
Yahoo! It is a very popular Internet portal.
Changes over time
In recent years, more and more sites have expanded their functions, including all kinds of services, thanks in part to the accessibility of widgets (small applications that can be added to a page very easily, simply by inserting their code wherever desired. view it). This growth has an apparently positive immediate effect, since it gives more possibilities to users, but it also contributes to the loss of identity of the sites .
As portals become more common, sites that serve specific purposes disappear, as the public seeks greater convenience, avoiding the need to navigate through many pages. As usually happens in the market, a product always emerges that, just like a bird of prey would do, takes advantage of those resources that others waste; In this case, blogs have seen a notable increase in popularity due to the decline of personal sites, given that they offer better positioning and require very little work from their clients to come up with an impressive and functional design.
Portal in the field of video games
Portal is the name of an innovative video game series that has two main titles, as well as one exclusive for the Xbox Live platform and downloadable content. It is an interesting proposal that, using the control and camera configuration generally present in first-person shooting games (known as FPS , from First Person Shooters ), requires its users to overcome constant dangers of death through careful study of the environment and using as the only weapon a gun capable of creating portals that connect two points in space.
Its great success is due to the brilliant design of its levels, which at the time of its release provided a respite in the midst of a lot of violence-oriented content lacking depth or innovation. On the other hand, the archnemesis of the main character (both roles, female) is a robot with a very particular charisma, who livens up the difficult adventure with his ironic and memorable lines.