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

Port may also refer to:

Port is a historic word for a gate, now chiefly used in Scotland and seen in place names such as the West Port, Edinburgh.
Port (nautical), a nautical term meaning the left hand side of a vessel for an observer facing forward
Port (medical), a small medical appliance installed in the body
PORT Score, a tool for predicting risk of death from pneumonia
Port wine, a fortified wine that originated in Portugal
Porting (engine), modification of the shape and size of the engine's ports to enhance aerodynamic flow
Ported barrel, a gun barrel with holes drilled into it that are designed to reduce the tendency of the firearm to flip upwards
The Port, a Pentalog intranet/Internet management software
Ported loudspeaker, synonym for Bass reflex design
Port (electronics), a pair of terminals with equal and opposite current flows

Computer port (hardware), a physical interface between a computer and other computers or devices
Computer port (software), a virtual data connection between computer programs possibly through a computer network
Porting, the process of re-writing software so as to make it compatible with other operating system and/or hardware architectures
Ports collection, part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems
TCP and UDP ports, numbers which are recognized by Internet and other network protocols, enabling the computer to interact with others
- List of TCP and UDP port numbers

Port, Ain, a commune in France
Port, Bern, a commune in Switzerland
Ports, Indre-et-Loire, a commune in France
Ports (comarca), a comarca in the Land of Valencia
Le Port, the name or part of the name of several communes in France
- Le Port, Ariège, in the Ariège department
- Le Port, Réunion, in the island of Réunion
- Le Port-Marly, in the Yvelines department

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