gater
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.
noun
A component of a neural network that determines the probability that each member of a set of predictors will be selected.
noun
Alternative spelling of 'Gater.
Example Sentences
- "Optimizing the selection of clock gaters based on activity is known as power-driven clock gating."
- "With more clock buffers instead of gaters in the clock distribution, the power is significantly reduced based on Table 4-4."
- "In the same spirit, one can use a neural network called the gater to select which one out of several expert networks will be used to compute the output, given the current input."
Etymology
From gate + -er.
Word Breakdown
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Computing.