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port¹ Definition

port (pôrt)

noun

  1. a harbor
  2. a city or town with a harbor where ships can load and unload cargo
  3. port of entry

Etymology: ME < OFr & OE < L portus, haven, entrance: see ford

port² Definition

port (pôrt)

noun

a sweet, usually dark-red, fortified wine

Etymology: after Oporto, city in Portugal

port³ Definition

port (pôrt)

transitive verb

  1. Now Rare to carry
  2. to carry, hold, or place (a rifle or sword) in front of one, diagonally upward from right to left, as for inspection

Etymology: MFr porter < L portare, to carry: see fare

noun

  1. the manner in which one carries oneself; carriage
  2. the position of a ported weapon

Etymology: ME porte < MFr < the v.

port4 Definition

port (pôrt)

noun

the left-hand side of a ship, boat, or airplane as one faces forward

Etymology: < port: so named because the side toward the port (dock), since the steering oar (see starboard) prevented docking to the right

adjective

  1. of or on this side
  2. designating a sailing tack on which the wind passes over the port side

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to move or turn (the helm) to the port side

port5 Definition

port (pôrt)

noun

  1. Now Scot. a portal; gateway, esp. to a town or city
    1. porthole
    2. a porthole covering
  3. an opening, as in a cylinder face or valve face, for the passage of steam, gas, water, etc.
    1. Electronics a place at which energy or signals enter or leave a device, circuit, etc.
    2. Comput. the circuit, outlet, etc. which serves as a connection between a computer and its peripheral

Etymology: ME < OFr porte < L porta, door, akin to portus: see port

Port Definition

Port

  1. Portugal
  2. Portuguese

port Synonyms

port

modif.

lefthand, to the left, toward the left, larboard; see left 1.

port Synonyms

port

n.

haven, anchorage, gate; see harbor 1, 2.

port Telecom Definition

  1. A point of physical access or physical interface between a circuit and a device or system at which signals are injected or extracted. A given computer system may be equipped with a number of ports for various, specific purposes and with various attributes appropriate to the application. Ports can be defined as analog or digital and as optical or electrical, for example. The port speed is always defined, as well. A PBX, for example, may include a number of printed circuit boards (PCBs), each of which contains a number of specific interfaces. A PBX digital line card commonly contains 4, 8, 16, or 32 digital line ports, each of which provides the electrical interface between a digital telephone set and the PBX common equipment, and operates either at 64 kbps or, if ISDN, at 144 kbps.The line ports also are designed to support the appropriate signaling and control protocols, which commonly are proprietary protocols defined by the PBX manufacturer. A PBX digital trunk card may include one or more trunk ports specifically designed to interface with T1 (1.544 Mbps) or E-1 (2.048 Mbps) electrical circuits. A router may have a number of ports, some of which may be optical interfaces to fiber optic transmission systems (FOTS) running at speeds of 2.5 Gbps or perhaps 10 Gbps, and others of which may be electrical interfaces for connection to copper circuits running at T1 or E-1 speeds.
  2. A logical connection, identified by a protocol address in a packet header, associated with a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) service. Ports provide a mechanism by which computers running the TCP/IP protocol suite can multiplex a number of concurrent connections at a single Internet Protocol (IP) address. In combination, the IP address and the port number identify a socket, with a source socket and destination socket defining a TCP connection. Port numbers are 16-bit values ranging from 0 to 65,535.Well-known ports are numbered 0 through 1,023 for the use of system (root) processes or of programs executed by privileged users. Examples of well-known ports include 25 for SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), 80 for HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol), and 107 for Remote TELNET Service. Registered ports, which are registered by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) as a convenience to the community, can be used by ordinary user processes or programs on most systems and can be executed by ordinary users.These same port assignments, numbered in the range 1,024 through 49,151, are used with the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to the extent possible. Dynamic ports and/or private ports are those from 49,152 through 65,535.
  3. To modify or translate a software program so that it will run on a different computer operating system (OS).
  4. To move files from one computer to another.

port Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • call: He is, however, probably not the first port of call for anyone running a small business.
  • registry: Originally intended for N.S.M. ' Oceaan ' she arrived at Birkenhead on 6th January 1977 with Amsterdam still showing as her port of registry.
  • entry: Temporary visitors entering the country are checked at ports of entry.
  • debarkation: US military or host nation administrative procedures may require the arriving units to in-process at the port of debarkation.

Converse of object

  • bustle: A hundred years ago Mousehole was a bustling port, crowded with local fishing boats, landing pilchards.
  • configure: On the down-side you can only configure ten ports for redirection, which is a little disappointing.

Adjective modifier

  • serial: The biggest drawback for me with a laptop was the number of serial ports.
  • parallel: In fact, the parallel port DAC driver does just that.
  • busy: The city of Izmir is the third largest in turkey and has a busy port on the Aegean Sea.
  • thriving: The town developed into a thriving port during the 18th century when the main activity was the shipping of locally produced coal.
  • infrared: Make the most of your infrared port - the 9210 can talk to almost anything, from desktops to camera to other PDAs.
  • picturesque: More about Scarborough The picturesque fishing port of Whitby is little changed since the days of its famous son, Captain Cook.

Modifies a noun

  • forwarding: For the technically inclined, this paper provides a brief technical overview of how SSH TCP port forwarding works at Internet nodes.
  • allen: Such as internet on each deal peace port allen by the development.

Noun used with modifier

  • ferry: We are only three minutes by car from the Holyhead ferry port or train station.
  • usb: Network card and USB cable ports are intended to accommodate a connection in only one direction and orientation.
  • TCP: The example assumes a server is listening on TCP port 2000 of the specified host.
  • fishing: To the east is Newlyn, the largest fishing port in the South West.
  • serial: Software installation is similar to modem software installation since the Duo and TA have a standard modem serial port and use standard modem commands.
  • exhaust: A new exhaust is also needed as the shaped and fittings of the exhaust port are totally different to standard.