What is a port in computer networking?
Self-tutoring about computer networks: the tutor offers a definition of the common networking term port.
A port can be physical or logical. A physical port is a plug-in socket at which to attach a device to the computer, such as a printer. USB ports comprise an example.
A logical port, such as port 80, designates the program a request desires to connect through. Port 80 means http activity. The logical ports on a computer are 0 to 65535.
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