English
gater
From gate + -er.
Formed from gate + -er
Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’
Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’
Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’
Middle English gate ‘gate’
English gate
Today it means
noun A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.
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Etymograph / gater