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
France Port, Ain, a commune in France Le Port, Ariège, in the Ariège department Le Port, Réunion, in the island of Réunion Le Port-Marly, in the Yvelines department Ports-sur-Vienne, a commune in France
Spain
Ports (comarca), a comarca in the Valencian Community, Spain Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, a mountain massif at the NE end of the Iberian System
Elsewhere Port, Bern, a commune in Switzerland Port, Szczecin, a neighbourhood in Szczecin, Poland Port, Templeport, a townland in the parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland Porţ, a village in Marca Commune, Sălaj County, Romania Port Macquarie, a city in the Australian state of New South Wales Porto, second largest city of Portugal
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 FM Port, the brand name of Niigata Kenmin FM Broadcast, a defunct radio station in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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, 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 Port is also an informal term for an endoscopy trocar
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 Port Adelaide Football Club, a professional Australian rules football club Ports Authority F.C., a Sierra Leonean professional football club Christopher Newport University, nicknamed Port U. Victoria Police Public Order Response Team
See also
Le Port (disambiguation) Port authority (disambiguation) Port of Call (disambiguation) Porte (disambiguation)
Old Port (disambiguation) Newport (disambiguation)