Port (disambiguation)

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A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo.

Port may also refer to:

  • Port district, a governmental agency created to develop and support local economic activity
  • Port (nautical), a nautical term meaning the left hand side of a vessel for an observer facing forward
  • Porthole, a small, generally circular, window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air
  • Port wine, a fortified wine that originated in Portugal
  • Porting (engine), modification of the shape and size of the engine's ports to enhance aerodynamic flow
  • Ported barrel, a gun barrel with holes drilled into it that are designed to reduce the tendency of the firearm to flip upwards
  • Suitcase, which is called a "port" in some parts of Australia, namely Queensland
  • The Port, a Pentalog intranet/Internet management software
  • Ported loudspeaker, synonym for Bass reflex design
Computing
  • Computer port (hardware), a physical interface between a computer and other computers or devices
  • Computer port (software), a virtual data connection between computer programs possibly through a computer network
  • Porting, the process of re-writing software so as to make it compatible with other operating system and/or hardware architectures
  • Ports collection, part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems
  • TCP and UDP ports, numbers which are recognized by Internet and other network protocols, enabling the computer to interact with others
Places
  • Port, Ain, a commune in France
  • Port, Bern, a commune in Switzerland
  • Port, County Donegal, a wild place in Ireland
  • Ports, Indre-et-Loire, a commune in France
  • Ports (comarca), a comarca in the Land of Valencia
  • Le Port, the name or part of the name of several communes in France

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