1. a town or city with a harbor where ships load and unload cargo
2. a place on a ship, aircraft, or vehicle where you can connect equipment
3. the left side of a ship or aircraft when facing forward
Usage: nautical; aviation

1. to transfer software from one computer system to another
Usage: computing

Examples

• The cargo ship arrived at the port early this morning.
• Please plug the USB cable into the port on the side of the laptop.
• The captain ordered the crew to turn to port to avoid the rocks.
• We enjoyed a glass of port wine after dinner.
• The developers need to port the game to the new gaming console.
• The busy port handles thousands of containers each day.
• Make sure all the ports on your computer are working properly.