TCP Ports

• A port is a number between 1 and 65,535, and port number references are usually specific to an application.
• Network makes the use of ports which are basically numbers to distinguish between which data packet is received by which application.
  
• A list of well known, registered, and dynamic port numbers is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) at this location:
• http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers