The internet relies on a system of addresses that treats every computer, tablet and smartphone as a distinct device, allowing all of them to communicate with each other. Because many kinds of devices ...

In TCP/IP and UDP networks, a port is an endpoint to a logical connection and the way a client program specifies a specific server program on a computer in a network. Some ports have been preassigned ...

With 65,535 possible ports to keep track of, you might think viewing the active ports on your small business' computer is a difficult task. In most cases, the number of assigned ports on the computer ...

Summary: The Windows services file, located in c windows\system32\drivers\etc, lists service names and port numbers. If another program uses the same port number as a service that's listed in the ...