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ELI5: In computer networking, what is a port? (lemmy.world)
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I often see that network settings have a field for logical port. What is this field.referring to?

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[โ€“] Andrzej@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok I have a follow up question if you'll indulge me - why those numbers in particular?

[โ€“] iByteABit@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

No reason, they're conventions. Check out this list and you'll get a better idea. It's simply a number that the developer assigns without a particular meaning. It's kinda like telephone help lines, one thing that a developer might want to try is to find a pretty memorable number while trying to avoid conflicts with other programs running at the same time.