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Ports are like doors to a computer each computer has many ports.

Without any open ports your computer wouldn't be able to access the internet, to find open ports you can try a portscan

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How do you get the port number from a number IP address?

A full numeric IP address with port number is XX.XX.XX.XX:PPPP where the "X"s are the IP address and the "P"s are the port number.


What number is the address on a host where an application makes itself available to incomming or outgoing data?

False - Port Number is the address on the host.


What is the combination of a IP address and a port number?

If you are looking for an example of a IP address then a port number, here is one:192.168.0.1:2712192.168.0.1 is your IP address and the : means a port number so :2712 is the port number.This also works on websites. For example: wiki.answers.com:2712Together, the combination of an IP address and a port number is called a socket.


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What information is used by the process running on one host to identify a process running on other host?

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What is the port number for wwwaolcom?

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Sequence the steps in the Port Address translation process?

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What is port address?

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What is socket and what are ports?

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