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4.3.2 Computer Ports

On the network information is sent in packets. These are addressed to a computer using the IPV4 address, but they also include a port number between 0 and 65535. The port number indicates what service they are trying to access. In general the first 1000 are allocated to well known and agreed upon services, such as email and web serving. Other port numbers in the low thou-