- Gating
: "A gating is also a form of punishment used in educational establishments."
In
telecommunication , the term gating has the following meanings:1. The process of selecting only those portions of a wave between specified
time intervals or between specified amplitude limits.2. The controlling of signals by means of combinational logic elements.
3. A process in which a predetermined
set of conditions, when established, permits a second process to occur.Source: From
Federal Standard 1037C and fromMIL-STD-188 In
electrophysiology , the term gating refers to the opening (activation ) or closing (by deactivation or inactivation) ofion channels . Some drugs and many ion channel toxins act as gating modifiers of voltage-gated ion channels.For gating used in
oscilloscope s,analog signal processing and more specificallyaudio signal processing more information can be found in Sound On Sound Magazine's article "Advanced Gating Techniques" "(see external links)".
*Gating , a term used in castingExternal links
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr01/articles/advanced.asp SOS's Advanced Gating Techniques Part 1/2]
* [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may01/articles/advancedgating.pt2.asp SOS's Advanced Gating Techniques Part 2/2]
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