port
54
5.0
- noun
- /pɔrt/
- Specialized
- The laptop has multiple USB ports to connect devices like printers and external drives.
- data port
- serial port
- parallel port
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Watch on YouTubeSo it could be just a Lightning cable with a port for your headphone Jack.
- So it could be just a Lightning cable with a port for your headphone Jack.
- But all these other E VS all have the charging port in various different spots.
Examples
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Right here you will find the micro USB port for both charging and syncing.
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Oh, there's a ton of ports and an SD card slot.
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We have a port in every room.
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So it's good to have that so many ports on something so small.
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Will the ports read an external drive?
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You need to look around and you should see a sealed port.
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At one end of the box are a series of ports for electrical connections.
Fiction book (1996) -
A USB port.
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Through the USB port, the UTC-USB displays actual temperature readings on a PC.
Academic text (2011) -
There's also a USBC port and that's it.
Synonyms
58
4.4
A connector and parts that let two devices connect and send data
13
5.6
A socket where you plug a cable to connect a device
10
2.8
A place in a wall where you plug devices to get power
Idioms
- Informal
2
8.1
Taking any help because the situation is bad even if it is not perfect
Compounds
- Formal
13
4.4
A place like an airport or seaport where officers check people and goods entering a country
- Specialized
2
3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Archaic
1
4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
- Specialized
1
6.6
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
- Archaic
1
9.3
A port in China, Korea, or Japan opened to foreign trade by treaty in the 1800s and early 1900s
1
7.4
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
1
7.7
Wood from the Port Orford cedar tree that is light, strong, and has a nice smell
1
9.1
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
- Australian
A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade
- Australian
A small shrub with pink to rosy purple tube-shaped flowers that grows in southern and western Australia
- Specialized
A program that watches network ports and reports open or suspicious connections
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
How Capable
- Specialized
70
3.8
- Specialized
58
4.4
29
3.5
- Specialized
33
3.7
- Specialized
54
5.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Port A computer or device port is like a small harbour or gate for plugs and data, using the same idea as a real port where things connect and pass through, so a port lets other devices enter and exchange information.