Misnomers
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Anyone know why TCP/IP "ports" were named so, in my opinion AppID or something of that sort would have been a much better name. I still remember when i was a kid i kept looking for all the 64K ports in my computer :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Anyone know why TCP/IP "ports" were named so, in my opinion AppID or something of that sort would have been a much better name. I still remember when i was a kid i kept looking for all the 64K ports in my computer :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I always think that the idea of a compiler that compiles another compiler or itself is rather incestuous in a binary way. - Colin Davies My .Net Blog
Sijin wrote: I still remember when i was a kid i kept looking for all the 64K ports in my computer See? We named it "ports" just to amuse you. Never say we don't go a long way to make this world as bearable as possible. Of course the official spec said "reusing widely accepted description of a physical concept for it's virtual counterpart". Y' know, the boss is not always in this group hug mood, but we know our ways around.
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Anyone know why TCP/IP "ports" were named so, in my opinion AppID or something of that sort would have been a much better name. I still remember when i was a kid i kept looking for all the 64K ports in my computer :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I always think that the idea of a compiler that compiles another compiler or itself is rather incestuous in a binary way. - Colin Davies My .Net Blog
It's called a port because you "connect" to it I think. :shrug: --
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It's called a port because you "connect" to it I think. :shrug: --
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Or maybe because that's where you trade packets. :rolleyes: Regards, Rohit Sinha Browsy
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