vortal
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English
Etymology
Blend of vertical + portal[1]
Noun
vortal (plural vortals)
- (Internet) A vertical portal; an online resource acting as an entry point for information for a single specific market or subject.
- 2000, Brian Stanford-Smith, Paul T. Kidd, E-business: Key Issues, Applications and Technologies, page 302:
- The service is a vortal, which aims to assist SMEs involved in engineering or manufacturing in the East Midlands area around Nottingham. The project builds on the concept of a human-organised regional gateway of information but also incorporates the ideas behind a vortal.
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References
- “vortal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225