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Port (computer networking)

In computer networking, a port is a communication endpoint. At the software level within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service. A port is uniquely identified by a number, the port number, associated with the combination of a transport protocol and the network IP address. Port…

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Port (computer networking)

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples2
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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port numbers number network ports service use tcp used protocol services address socket well-known server process udp host ip called

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an IP addressinstance ofa network address0.80text
and a port numberinstance ofa network address0.80text

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