AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is port?
Port: A number from 0 to 65535 that identifies a particular service or application on a machine, letting one IP address handle many network conversations. Some numbers are conventional, for example 443 for secure web traffic.
Port: an example
A web server usually listens on port 443, while a local development server might use port 8000.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Precision
- Process
- Process ID
- Public-key cryptography
- Race condition
- Random access memory
- Reference counting
- Register
Where you learn it
Port is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.