Gater
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
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."
- 2 Alternative spelling of 'Gater. alt-of, alternative
- 3 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."
Example
More examples"Optimizing the selection of clock gaters based on activity is known as power-driven clock gating."
Etymology
From gate + -er.
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