gater

noun

1. A mechanism that saves power in a circuit by removing the clock signal while the circuit is not in use.

   “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.”

2. A component of a neural network that determines the probability that each member of a set of predictors will be selected.

   “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.”

3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of 'Gater.