well known ports : Java Glossary

well known ports
In TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol computers keep track of their many connection sessions by identifying them with port numbers. For example all the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) traffic comes in on port 80. Well know ports are port numbers 1 to 159 reserved for common services.

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