port

Type

glossary

Description

A connection into a computer. In a socket identifier, the port is the part of the address that specifies the particular channel on the host. If the IP address is like a telephone number, the port number is like an extension.

Also, to modify an application for a different platform from the one it was originally designed for; or to translate an application to a different programming language than the one the software was originally written in.

Also, an application that has been ported.

Related

glossary: socket, host, IP address, platform