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Port (harbor)

A coastal harbor town or protected maritime dock for cargo and passenger vessels.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Port (networking)

A logical software communication endpoint identified by an integer number, or a physical hardware interface socket on a device.

First in use: the 1970s

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A harbor vs. a TCP endpoint.

Which meaning of Port is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Port (harbor) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Port (networking) arrived in the 1970s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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