What is a port?

[Mounds Bar]

Explain it in a way as if the person you are explaining to has never used a computer before.

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[Freek]

A user on this forum.

[Linkusofepica]

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water, for commercial demand, and for shelter from wind and waves. Ports with deeper water are rarer, but can handle larger, more economical ships. Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic, support and storage facilities vary widely, may extend for miles, and dominate the local economy. Some ports have an important military role.

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[Mounds Bar]

No, no, I mean a technical port.

[shyGriff]

google images says this

[Momentum]

No, no, I mean a technical port.

in networking?

[Kingdaro]

you guys are richards

think of a port as a bridge that you and your friend want to meet on

there are like tens of thousands of bridges, and unless you specify one specific bridge, you and your friend will never see each other. your friend, in this case, could represent a game server or a website.

though you can say what bridge you want to go to, you can't cross it until your friend has opened the bridge's gate for you. opening the bridge gate is the same as opening a port.

questions?

[Mega-Bear]

you guys are richards

Originally the OP only said "...?" So they actually did answer his question, sort of.

[Steve5452]

A user on this forum.

[Renekar]

a word that always has its letter t vandalized

[Nonnel]

I looked for Port's account but I couldn't find it.

[InvisibleName]

Uh, I'm confused, Is link and nonnel and steve actually glass?
Or is it just a confusion avatar?

[e-maxx]

Uh, I'm confused, Is link and nonnel and steve actually glass?
Or is it just a confusion avatar?

yes they're all glass