port
Definition 1
General: Harbor equipped with cargo and passenger handling equipment, and which provides ship berthing facilities.
Definition 2
Hardware: Connection point (interface) through which data can flow between a computer and a device, such as a keyboard, modem, monitor, mouse, printer. Commonly of two types (see parallel port and serial port), it is generally a socket into which a suitable connector can be plugged in.
Definition 3
Software: To modify or translate a computer program so that it can work on a newer or different machine, operating system, or with an older or newer version of the same program.
Definition 4
Trading: Place serving as a harbor, airport, or point of entry/export for incoming/outgoing shipments.
port is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Shipping, Transport, & Travel subjects.
port appears in the definitions of the following terms:
transit shipment,
cruise ship,
delivered ex ship,
optional discharge bill of lading (B/L),
delivery order,
harbor,
free on board (FOB),
estimated time of departure (ETD),
hitchment bill of lading (B/L),
daisy chaining
and
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