Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: port wine | |
3. | port - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | |
4. | port - the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow or nose Synonyms: larboard | |
5. | port - (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) Synonyms: interface | |
Verb | 1. | port - transfer data from one computer to another via a cable that links connecting ports |
2. | port - put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm" | |
3. | port - bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night" | |
4. | port - land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" | |
5. | port - turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship; "The big ship was slowly porting" | |
6. | port - carry, bear, convey, or bring; "The small canoe could be ported easily" | |
7. | port - carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons; "port a rifle" | |
8. | port - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner" | |
Adj. | 1. | port - located on the left side of a ship or aircraft Synonyms: larboard |
PORT. A place to which the officers of the customs are appropriated, and which include the privileges and guidance of all members and creeks which are allotted to them. 1 Chit. Com. Law, 726; Postlewaith's Com. Dict. h.t.; 1 Chit. Com. L. Index, h.t. According to Dalloz, a port is a place within land, protected against the waves and winds, and affording to vessels a place of safety. Diet. Supp. h.t. By the Roman law a port is defined to be locus, conclusus, quo importantur merces, et unde exportantur. Dig. 50,16, 59. See 7 N. S. 81. 2. A port differs from a haven, (q.v.) and includes something more. 1st. It is a place at which vessels may arrive and discharge, or take in their cargoes. 2. It comprehends a vale, city or borough, called in Latin caput corpus, for the reception of mariners and merchants, for securing the goods, and bringing them to market, and for victualling the ships. 3. It is impressed with its legal character by the civil authority. Hale de Portibus Mar. c. 2; 1 Harg. 46, 73; Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 5; Com. Dig. Navigation, E; 4 Inst. 148; Callis on Sewers, 56; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 2; Dig. 60, 16, 59; Id. 43, 12, 1, 13; Id. 47, 10, 15, 7; Id. 39, 4, 15.
1. | (networking) | port - A logical channel or channel endpoint in a
communications system. The Transmission Control Protocol
and User Datagram Protocol transport layer protocols used
on Ethernet use port numbers to distinguish between
(demultiplex) different logical channels on the same network interface on the same computer. Each application program has a unique port number associated with it, defined in /etc/services or the Network Information Service "services" database. Some protocols, e.g. telnet and HTTP (which is actually a special form of telnet) have default ports specified as above but can use other ports as well. Some port numbers are defined in RFC 1700, divided into well-known ports and registered ports. | |
2. | (operating system, programming) | port - To translate or modify software to run on a different platform, or the results of doing so. The portability of the software determines how easy it is to port. | |
3. | (language) | port - An imperative language descended from Zed
from Waterloo Microsystems (now Hayes Canada) ca. 1979. ["Port Language" document in the Waterloo Port Development System]. |