Definition von port port im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Port Blair
- Capital of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)
- Port Elizabeth
- Port of Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Port Moresby
- The capital of Papua New Guinea
- Port of Spain
- The capital of Trinidad and Tobago
- Saint Peter Port
- A town, and capital of Guernsey
- USB port
- Any socket on a personal computer or peripheral device into which a USB cable is plugged
- accelerated graphics port
- A high-speed port used to attach a display adapter to a personal computer
- any port in a storm
- An unfavourable option which might well be avoided in good times but which nevertheless looks better than the alternatives at the current time
- at the high port
- Positioned ready for immediate use
The warden had spotted them. Mouth open in a predatory snarl which showed a metal tooth which it was rumoured actually grew there, she advanced towards them, her note-book held before her like a buckler, her pencil at the high port. The men turned and looked at her. That was all. Just looked.
- at the high port
- held in front of the body, especially in an authoritative or aggressive way
The warden had spotted them. Mouth open in a predatory snarl which showed a metal tooth which it was rumoured actually grew there, she advanced towards them, her note-book held before her like a buckler, her pencil at the high port. The men turned and looked at her. That was all. Just looked.
- at the high port
- held with two hands as in "port arms", but carried well above the head. The high port is often the position taught for running (at the double) or charging
'Place your rifle at the high port! That means above your head Mitchell!' James lifted the weapon and held over his head as ordered.
- at the high port
- sticking up; (of hair, etc) standing up at a marked angle
Here he ran out of words, and drew himself up, beard at the high port, shaking his great head while he clasped my hand, and I meditated on the astonishing ease with which strong men of Victorian vintage could be buffaloed into incoherent embarrassment by the mere mention of feminine frailty.
- at the high port
- at once, quickly; unhesitatingly, vigorously
No sooner had the shot been fired than they took off at the high port, racing hell bent for leather right in our direction.
- chase port
- a hole cut in the bow of a ship through which a chase gun could fire directly ahead
- first port of call
- The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage
After leaving from Southampton, our first port of call will be Gibraltar.
- first port of call
- The first place to go to start a process
To find the meaning of a word, your first port of call should be a decent dictionary.
- game port
- An I/O port, on earlier PCs, used for the attachment of a joystick or similar hardware
- parallel port
- A physical interface capable of transmitting multiple bits of data simultaneously, unlike a serial port
- port
- An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made
- port
- Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel
on the port side.
- port
- A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through
- port
- To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.Ferrarama 21: 06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- port
- The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft
- port
- An entryway or gate
And from their ivory port the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour, — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV.
- port
- The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance
Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace .
- port
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers
- port
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making
- port
- A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application
- port
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. 15px Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia
- port
- To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command
the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears. — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV.
- port
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole
her ports being within sixteen inches of the water... — Sir W. Raleigh.
- port
- A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting
The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
- port
- To carry, bear, or transport. See porter
They are easily ported by boat into other shires. — Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England.
- port
- A schoolbag or suitcase
- port
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted
- port
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal
- port
- To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform; to adapt a console video game title to be sold and played on another brand of console. 15px Porting (computing) on Wikipedia
- port
- A town or city containing such a place
- port
- The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder
- port arms
- To carry one's personal firearm diagonally in front of the body
- port cities
- plural form of port city
- port city
- A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl
- port forwarding
- The forwarding of a network port from one device to another; especially, such forwarding when done to provide an external user with access to a port on a private IP address
- port of call
- A place visited
My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mother's, an American woman who'd married a French man.
- port of call
- any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies
- port security
- the defense, law and treaty enforcement, and counterterrorism activities that fall within the port and maritime domain
- port security
- a feature of networking switches to lock down switch ports based on MAC addresses
- port wine
- A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal
- port wines
- plural form of port wine
- port-o-john
- a portable toilet
She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses. - Middle Age : A Romance (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 208).
- port-o-potty
- A portable toilet
- sally port
- An entryway controlled by two doors or gates, of which each must be closed before the other can open
- sally port
- A small door in a fort or a castle to enable a sally; a postern
- serial port
- A serial communication physical interface through which data is transferred in or out one bit at a time
- port
- {n} a harbor, gate, wine, carriage, the larboard side of a ship, opening for guns
- port
- {v} to carry in form, to turn to the left
- Port Colborne
- (Coğrafya) Port Colborne (2006 population 18,599) is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, Canada. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 and was re-named after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the southern terminus of the First Welland Canal in 1833
- gun port
- (Askeri) An opening in the body of an aircraft or in a wall or armoured vehicle through which a gun may be fired
- port forwarding
- (Bilgisayar) 1. translating the address and/or port number of a packet to a new destination2. possibly accepting such packet(s) in a packet filter (firewall)3. forwarding the packet according to the routing table
- port-o-potty
- mobile lavatory
- port-o-potty
- portable restroom
