Port (disambiguation)

Last updated April 26, 2025

A port is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo.

Transportation

Airport, for air transport
Spaceport, for space vehicles
Gun port, an opening in the side of the hull of a ship, above the waterline, which allows the muzzle of artillery pieces mounted on the gun deck to fire outside
Port of entry, where immigration and customs procedures are fulfilled
Port and starboard, terms for the left and right sides, respectively, of air- or water-craft

Port (circuit theory), a pair of terminals with equal and opposite current flows
Port (computer networking), a virtual data connection between computer programs
Port (software), software converted to run on a platform different from the original platform
Port, exhaust or transfer orifice of a two-stroke engine
Bass reflex, also known as a reflex port or ported system, a system to increase loudspeaker efficiency
Computer port (hardware), a physical interface between a computer and other electronic devices
I/O port, a location in port address space associated with peripheral device
Ported barrel, a gun barrel with holes drilled into it that are designed to reduce the tendency of the firearm to flip upwards
Porting (engine), modification of the shape and size of the engine's ports to enhance aerodynamic flow
Ports collection, part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems

Port, an Australian term for a schoolbag or, more generally, any type of luggage
Port wine, a fortified wine (especially when from Portugal)
Ports 1961, a fashion brand
Port Adelaide Football Club, a professional Australian rules football club
Ports Authority F.C., a Sierra Leonean professional football club
Christopher Newport University, nicknamed Port U.
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