Port Number
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Port numbers are associated with TCP and UDP protocols designed to distinguish multiple applications running on a single device with one IP address from one another. Since many network applications may be running on the same machine, computers need something to make sure the correct software application on the destination computer gets the data packets from the source machine, and to make sure replies get routed to the correct application on the source computer. This is accomplished through the use of the TCP or UDP "port numbers". In the TCP and UDP header, there are "Source Port" and "Destination Port" fields which are used to indicate the message sending process and receiving process identities defined. The combination of the IP address and the port number is called "socket".
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