Port (disambiguation)

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

Port or PORT may also refer to:

Transportation

Airport, for air transport
Spaceport, for space vehicles
Gun port, an opening in the side of the hull of a ship, above the waterline, which allows the muzzle of artillery pieces mounted on the gun deck to fire outside
Port of entry, where immigration and customs procedures are fulfilled
Port and starboard, terms for the left and right sides, respectively, of air- or water-craft

Places

Port, Ain, a commune in France
Port, Bern, a commune in Switzerland
Port, Szczecin, a neighbourhood in Szczecin, Poland
Port, Templeport, a townland in the parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland
Porţ, a village in Marca Commune, Sălaj County, Romania
Le Port, Ariège, in the Ariège department
Le Port, Réunion, in the island of Réunion
Le Port-Marly, in the Yvelines department
Porto, second largest city of Portugal
Ports (comarca), a comarca in the Valencian Community, Spain
Ports-sur-Vienne, a commune in France
Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, a mountain massif at the NE end of the Iberian System

People

Port (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Port (film), a 1934 Italian film
PORT (blog), an arts blog edited by Jeff Jahn
PORT.hu, a Hungarian database of actors and several performance media

Computing and engineering

Port (circuit theory), a pair of terminals with equal and opposite current flows
Port (computer networking), a virtual data connection between computer programs
Port (software), software converted to run on a platform different from the original platform
- Port (video gaming)
Port, exhaust or transfer orifice of a two-stroke engine
Bass reflex, also known as a reflex port or ported system, a system to increase loudspeaker efficiency
Computer port (hardware), a physical interface between a computer and other electronic devices
I/O port, a location in port address space associated with peripheral device
Ported barrel, a gun barrel with holes drilled into it that are designed to reduce the tendency of the firearm to flip upwards
Porting (engine), modification of the shape and size of the engine's ports to enhance aerodynamic flow
Ports collection, part of the package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems package management infrastructure of modern BSD-derived operating systems

Medicine

Port (medicine), a small medical appliance installed in the body
PORT Score, a tool for predicting risk of death from pneumonia

Other uses

Port, an Australian term for a schoolbag or, more generally, any type of luggage
Port wine, a fortified wine (especially when from Portugal)
Ports 1961, a fashion brand
Ports Authority F.C., a Sierra Leonean professional football club
Christopher Newport University, nicknamed Port U.
Victoria Police Public Order Response Team