Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captive portal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tive -por-tal
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A web page shown to new users of an access point before they can access the greater Internet.

Inflected Forms

captive portals (plural)

Questions

What does captive portal mean?: A web page shown to new users of an access point before they can access the greater Internet.

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