<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In computer networking, a port is an endpoint of communication . Physical as well as wireless connections are terminated at ports of hardware devices . At the software level, within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service . </P> <P> The software port is always associated with an IP address of a host and the protocol type of the communication . It completes the destination or origination network address of a message . Ports are identified for each protocol and address combination by 16 - bit unsigned numbers, commonly known as the port number . </P>

What is a network port on a computer
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