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A Port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo.

Port may also refer to:

  • Port District , a governmental agency created to develop and support local economic activity

  • Port (nautical) , a nautical term meaning the left hand side of a vessel for an observer facing forward

  • Porthole , a small, generally circular, window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air

  • Port Wine , a fortified wine that originated in Portugal

  • Porting (engine) , modification of the shape and size of the engine's ports to enhance aerodynamic flow

  • Ported Barrel , a gun barrel with holes drilled into it that are designed to reduce the tendency of the firearm to flip upwards

  • Suitcase , which is called a "port" in some parts of Australia, namely Queensland

  • The Port , a Pentalog intranet/Internet management software

  • Ported Loudspeaker , synonym for Bass Reflex design


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  • Computer Port (hardware) , a physical interface between a computer and other computers or devices

  • Computer Port (software) , a virtual data connection between computer programs possibly through a computer network

  • Porting , the process of re-writing software so as to make it compatible with other operating system and/or hardware architectures

  • Ports Collection , part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems

  • TCP And UDP Port s, numbers which are recognized by Internet and other network protocols, enabling the computer to interact with others

  • --- List Of TCP And UDP Port Numbers


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