English
gateware
From gate + -ware.
Formed from gate + -ware
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 Logic implemented in configurable digital logic gates.
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Etymograph / gateware