Ports Glossary

Browse 3 ports terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Ports Terms

Container Port: A network port exposed or listened to by a process running inside a container. Container ports are often mapped or routed differently at the platform level, so...
Port 443: The well-known TCP port commonly used for HTTPS and other TLS-protected web traffic. In security operations, references to port 443 often matter because many...
Port 80: The well-known TCP port traditionally used for unencrypted HTTP web traffic. From a security perspective, port 80 is often associated with redirecting users to...