I'm back on my BS 🤪 to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?message-square35fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareELI5: In computer networking, what is a port?I'm back on my BS 🤪 to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@sznio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThe IP address identifies a device. The port number identifies a service (like a web server) on that device that you want to reach.
The IP address identifies a device. The port number identifies a service (like a web server) on that device that you want to reach.