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There are likely a couple of synonyms for the term port. One synonym would be a "socket." A serial port is a socket, as are peripheral bus ports. A broader term that can be used would be an "interface." To interface means to connect two things together, and that is what a socket or port does.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 9y agoIn networking, I have also seen that they call the ports "interfaces".
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