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Computer Hardware Terms, Glossary and Dictionary
port Port means a few things in networking: (1) A hardware connection point for a cable at a network device. Hubs and switches typically provide multiple ports for connecting Ethernet devices. These hardware ports have different physical shapes such as male, female, round, rectangular, square, oblong, etc. (2) A network port is an identification of an application in the TCP- or UDP-transported datagram.
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