What Is A Portal?

Recently, I often hear people use the term "portal". And it somethimes appears in the job description of a vacancy advertisement. What is a portal?

A Web portal is a "supersite" on the Internet that provides a comprehensive entry point for a huge array of resources and services. Portals typically contain news, free e-mail services, search engines, online shopping, chat rooms, discussion boards and links to other sites.
Corporate portals are internal websites that provide proprietary information to employees, suppliers, partners, clients and stockholders. When they serve only the needs of employees, they're called intranets. When outside parties, like customers or suppliers, are allowed access, they become extranets. Corporate portals let users locate and share knowledge and data, participate in a business process and collaborate. They generally feature search engines for internal materials, and they can be customized for different user groups.
Then there are " Vortals ".
A vortal is a jargony way of saying "vertical industry portal." A vortal provides information and resources for a particular industry. You'll find news, research and statistics, online tools, discussions and newsletters pertaining to a particular industry or area of discipline. For example, research how much less you're making than a 25-year-old first-year associate in New York City or find a lawyer to handle your divorce. Or VerticalNet.com will give you links to vortals for almost any industry you can imagine, from solid-waste disposal to textiles to fiber optics to human resources.

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