Ports

  • A single machine can host multiple "servers" at the same time
  • Each server gets tied to a numerical port
  • For instance, you might have...
    • a web server running on port 80
    • a game server running on port 2000
    • an SSH server running on port 22
  • ... all running on the same machine
  • Domain name + port usually identifies a service on a single machine on a network

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