port

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A physical entry or exit point of a cryptographic module that provides access to the module for physical signals, represented by logical information flows (physically separated ports do not share the same physical pin or wire).

polysemousFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

Senses

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

A port is nothing more than an integer that uniquely identifies an endpoint of a communication stream. Only one process per machine can listen on the same port number.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

A process or application-specific software element serving as a communication endpoint for the Transport Layer IP protocols (UDP and TCP)

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Either an endpoint to a logical connection or a physical connection to a computer.

Wordset Dictionary

(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)

Wordset Dictionary

the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose

Wordset Dictionary

an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

Wordset Dictionary

sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal

Wordset Dictionary

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

Classifications

Entity Type

Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
Port number
synonym
embrasureinterfacelarboardport wineporthole
alternatephrasing
Port
plural
ports
possessive
port's
pluralpossessive
ports'