For port we have terms and definitions in 39 topics. The topics are Alcohol, Audio Technology, Biblical, Boating, Boiler, Cancer, Charles Dickens, Computer Technology, Conference Calling, Cruises, Data Recovery, Folklore, Gullah, Food, Hard Drive Recovery, Home Theater, Information Security, Internet, Kiteboard, Linux, Red Hat, Logistics, Microprocessor, Motorcycles, Natural Gas, Nautical, Networking, Ocean Marine, Pirate, Pirate Lingo, Plumbing, RAID Drive Recovery, Remote Control Cars, Rocketry, Rowing, Sailing, Shipping, Technology, Telco, William Shakespeare and Wine.

Port (Alcohol)

A fortified Portuguese wine with an alcoholic strength of more than 16.5%. Brandy is added to the wine part way through the fermentation process. Port is most often served as an after-meal drink.

Port (Audio Technology)

See vented enclosure.

Port (Biblical)

Gate, portal [Nehemiah 2:13].

Port (Boating)

The left side of a boat when facing the bow. Also, a marina harbor or commercial dock.

Port (Boiler)

An opening through which fluid passes.

Port (Cancer)

An implanted device through which blood may be withdrawn and drugs may be infused without repeated needle sticks. Also called a port-a-cath.

Port (Charles Dickens)

Sweet red wine from Portugal

Port (Computer Technology)

A port is a 16-bit number (range 1 through 65535) used by the protocols of the transport layer - the TCP and UDP protocols. Ports are used to address applications (services) which run on a computer and use the network.To port something, you translate the code for a program from one platform to another. You could port a program you wrote on a PC over to a Macintosh, for example.

Port (Conference Calling)

The point at which phone lines enters or leaves the bridging equipment. One port usually represents one phone line.

Port (Cruises)

The left side of the ship when facing forward (and also, of course, a harbour or Port-of-call).

Port (Data Recovery)

Interface between components of a computer system; can be internal or external, in SCSI, EIDE, IDE, and other varieties.

Port (Folklore, Gullah)

(port) n. a town or city with deep water where ships can dock and load or unload cargo.

Port (Food)

is a sweet fortified wine that originated in northern Portugal. There are many styles of port, but most fall into two broad categories bottle aged and cask aged.

Port (Hard Drive Recovery)

A connection or socket on the motherboard or controller card. A motherboard may have one or two ports (primary and secondary). If your motherboard has only one port, you may need to add a controller card to create a secondary port.

Port (Home Theater)

An aperture in a loudspeaker enclosure that helps extend the usable low-frequency output. A ported enclosure is also called vented or bass reflex.

Port (Information Security)

A 16-bit identifiers for TCP or UDP which serves to identify which process or application is sending or receiving data.

Port (Internet)

3 meanings. First and most generally, a place where information goes into or out of a computer, or both. E.g. the serial port on a personal computer is where a modem would be connected.
On the Internet port often refers to a number that is part of a URL, appearing after a colon (:) right after the domain name. Every service on an Internet server listens on a particular port number on that server. Most services have standard port numbers, e.g. Web servers normally listen on port 80. Services can also listen on non-standard ports, in which case the port number must be specified in a URL when accessing the server, so you might see a URL of the form:
gopher://peg.cwis.uci.edu:7000/
This shows a gopher server running on a non-standard port (the standard gopher port is 70).
Finally, port also refers to translating a piece of software to bring it from one type of computer system to another, e.g. to translate a Windows program so that is will run on a Macintosh.
See also: URL

Port (Kiteboard)

A small, circular window. To the left. The left side of a nautical vessel. The color defining port is red. For kite surfing, this is left-hand-forward riding. Left-hand-forward kite surfers do not have right of way over starboard riders or vessels.

Port (Linux, Red Hat)

1.
A socket used to connect external peripherals such as keyboards, pointing devices, scanners, and printers to computer systems.
2.
In a communications network, a logical channel which identifies a communications protocol, such as port 23 for Secure Shell (SSH) connections.

Port (Logistics)

Left side of A ship when facing forward. Also opening in a ship's side for handling freight.

Port (Microprocessor)

An interface circuit capable of receiving from or placing information on the bus.

Port (Motorcycles)

Opening into a cylinder.

Port (Natural Gas)

Opening in the seat of a slide valve in diaphragm gas meters or an opening in any equipment for the flow of gases or vapors.

Port (Nautical)

1) The left side of the boat from the perspective of a person at the stern of the boat, looking toward the bow. The opposite of starboard.
2) A place where ships go to dock.
3) A porthole. A window in the side of a boat, usually round or with rounded corners. Sometimes portholes can be opened; sometimes they are fixed shut.

Port (Networking)

An Internet port refers to a number that is part of a URL, appearing after a colon (:), directly following the domain name. Every service on an Internet server listens on a particular port number on that server. Most services have standard port numbers, for example, Web servers normally listen on port 80.

Port (Ocean Marine)

A place from which goods are sent out of a country or received from abroad. The location of the customs usually determines the port.

Port (Pirate)

(1) A seaport. (2) The left side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow.

Port (Pirate Lingo)

(1) A seaport. (2) The left side of the ship when you are facing toward her prow.

Port (Plumbing)

An opening in a burner head through which gas or an air-gas mixture is discharged for ignition.

Port (RAID Drive Recovery)

A connection or socket on the motherboard or controller card. A motherboard may have one or two ports (primary and secondary). If your motherboard has only one port, you may need to add a controller card to create a secondary port.

Port (Remote Control Cars)

An opening in the sleeve of a nitro engine. Modifying the port size and shape can affect the power and fuel consumption of an engine, but the modification is best left to a professional.

Port (Rocketry)

Area The cross section of a core, perforation or port - used in Hybrid tocalculate G (Mass Flux Rate).

Port (Rowing)

The left side of a boat.

Port (Sailing)

The left side of a boat, looking toward the bow.

Port (Shipping)

Harbor having facilities for ships to moor, load, or unload.

Port (Technology)

One of the network input/output channels of a computer running TCP/IP. On the World Wide Web, port usually refers to the port number a server is running on. A single computer can have many Web servers running on it, but only one server can be running on each port. The default port for Web servers is 80. See input/output port.1. To change a program in order to be able to run it on a different computer. 2. To move documents, graphics, and other files from one computer to another.

Port (Telco)

This is a pretty general term. Newton’s Telecom Dictionary 10th edition defines a port as "An entrance to or an exit from a network". Many phone equipment vendors refer to ports as the physical interface between a Switch and a Line or Trunk. Product literature often refers to the number of ports on a phone system. In this context it refers to the number of phone or lines (or sometimes the combination) the system supports.

Port (William Shakespeare)

1. Pomp, state.
2. A gate.

Port (Wine)

Port is a sweet full-bodied wine that comes from the Oporto region of Portugal.

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