Source Port

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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The port that a host uses to connect to a server. It is usually a number greater than or equal to 1024. It is randomly generated and is different each time a connection is made.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Source Ports
possessive: Source Port's
pluralpossessive: Source Ports'

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