Port (disambiguation)
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A port
is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo.
Port or ports may also refer to:
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
is a facility for receiving ships and transferring cargo.
Port or ports may also refer to:
Transportation
- Port (nautical), a nautical term meaning the left hand side of a vessel for an observer facing forward
- Port of entryPort of entryIn general, a port of entry is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has a staff of people who check passports and visas and inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. International airports are usually ports of entry, as are road and rail crossings on a...
, a facility for passengers, vehicles and goods to clear immigration and customs procedures - AirportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
, a facility for transporting passengers and/or cargo via aircraft - SpaceportSpaceportA spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching spacecraft, by analogy with seaport for ships or airport for aircraft. The word spaceport, and even more so cosmodrome, has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories...
, a facility for transporting passengers and/or cargo to space
Computing
- Computer port (hardware)Computer port (hardware)In computer hardware, a port serves as an interface between the computer and other computers or peripheral devices. Physically, a port is a specialized outlet on a piece of equipment to which a plug or cable connects...
, a physical interface between a computer and other computers or devices - Computer port (software)Computer port (software)In computer programming, port has a wide range of meanings.A software port is a virtual/logical data connection that can be used by programs to exchange data directly, instead of going through a file or other temporary storage location...
, a virtual data connection between computer programs possibly through a computer network - PortingPortingIn computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed...
, the process of modifying software so as to make it compatible with other operating system and/or hardware architectures - Ports collectionPorts collectionPorts collections are the sets of makefiles and patches provided by the BSD-based operating systems, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, as a simple method of installing software or creating binary packages...
, part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems - Port numbers which are recognized by Internet and other network protocols, enabling the computer to interact with others
- PORT.huPORT.huPORT.hu is part of a Central European cultural project as a Hungarian cultural programme provider portal. It regularly collects, edits and translates television, cinema, theatre, festival, exhibition, sport and concert programme information as well as information on restaurants and hotels in Hungary...
, a Hungarian film, actor, television, sports, and theatre database
Places
- Port, AinPort, AinPort is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France....
, a commune in France - Port, Bern, a commune in Switzerland
- Port, Szczecin, a neighbourhood in Szczecin, Poland
- Ports, Indre-et-LoirePorts, Indre-et-LoirePorts is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.-See also:*Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department...
, a commune in France - Ports (comarca)Ports (comarca)Ports is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. It mostly overlaps the historical comarca known as Ports de Morella , except for the municipal areas surrounding Catí and Vilafranca that were excluded from the present-day Ports...
, a comarca in the Land of Valencia - Ports de Tortosa-BeseitPorts de Tortosa-BeseitPorts de Tortosa-Beseit , also known as Ports de Beseit, or simply as Els Ports or Lo Port by locals, is a limestone mountain massif located at the north-eastern end of the Sistema Ibérico, a complex system of mountain ranges and massifs in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. Its highest point is...
, a mountain massif at the NE end of the Iberian System - Le Port, AriègeLe Port, AriègeLe Port is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Le Port are called Portais.-References:*...
, in the Ariège department - Le Port, RéunionLe Port, RéunionLe Port is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located at the extreme northwest corner of the island of Réunion. In the 1999 census, Le Port had a population of 38,412...
, in the island of Réunion - Le Port-MarlyLe Port-MarlyLe Port-Marly is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-External links:*...
, in the Yvelines department - Porţ, a village in MarcaMarca, SalajMarca is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Leşmir, Marca, Marca-Huta, Porţ and Şumal....
Commune, Sălaj County, Romania - PortoPortoPorto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, second largest city of PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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Medicine
- Port (medical)Port (medical)In medicine, a port is a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter connects the port to a vein...
, a small medical appliance installed in the body - PORT Score, a tool for predicting risk of death from pneumonia
People
- James F. Ports, Jr.James F. Ports, Jr.James F. Ports, Jr. was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 8, which covered portions of Baltimore & Baltimore City in Maryland. He served alongside Democrat Katherine A. Klausmeier and Republican Alfred W. Redmer Jr.. In 2002, Ports decided against running for...
, American politician - Whitney PortWhitney PortWhitney Eve Port is an American television personality, clothing designer, and author. She is known for being one of the main cast members on the former MTV reality series The Hills...
, American television personality
Other uses
- Port winePort winePort wine is a Portuguese fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet, red wine, often served as a dessert wine, and comes in dry, semi-dry, and white varieties...
, a fortified wine originally from 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
- Two-port networkTwo-port networkA two-port network is an electrical circuit or device with two pairs of terminals connected together internally by an electrical network...
, a pair of terminals with equal and opposite current flows - Bass reflexBass reflexA Bass reflex system is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that uses the sound from the rear side of the diaphragm to increase the efficiency of the system at low frequencies as compared to a typical closed box loudspeaker or an infinite baffle mounting.A reflex port is the distinctive feature of a...
, aka Reflex port or Ported system, a system to increase loudspeaker efficiency
See also
- Ports (disambiguation)
- Le Port (disambiguation)
- Port authority (disambiguation)Port authority (disambiguation)A port authority is a governmental or quasi-governmental body that operates ports and other transportation infrastructure.Port Authority may also refer to:* Port Authority , a 2007 album by hip hop producer Marco Polo...