File-sharing applications and other programs that access a transmission control protocol/Internet protocol network use ports to route traffic to a destination. Most routers, however, use a firewall to ...

In TCP/IP and UDP networks, a port is an endpoint to a logical connection and the way a client program specifies a specific server program on a computer in a network. Some ports have been preassigned ...

It's usually not practical or affordable for every computer to have its own printer, so many businesses place standard and specialized printers in convenient locations, and then share the printers ...

A number from 0 through 1023 used to identify a network service on a private IP network or the public Internet. Residing in a field in the TCP or UDP header, the port number directs packets to the ...

Allowing or blocking network packets into or out of a device or the network based on their application (port number). See TCP/IP port and opening a port. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All ...