Choose the word that matches each definition. 1. IP Address 2. Server 3. Port Each term is only used once. a number used within a computer to identify a specific process a numerical reference to a particular device in a network a computer that handles requests and returns data to other computers in a network

  Port      a number used within a computer to identify a specific process.

   IP Address     a numerical reference to a particular device in a network.

   Server           a computer that handles requests and returns data to other computers in a network.

A port number is a number used to uniquely identify a particular process, application or program on a computer. From the networking parlance, it is a logical address that uniquely identifies a process, protocol or application communicating with other process, protocol or application over a network. For example;

i. a file transfer protocol (FTP) could use a port number of 20 or 21.

ii. a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) could use a port number of 25

Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical reference or label assigned to a particular device in a network which helps to uniquely identify the device on the network. IP addresses (version 4) are expressed as a group of four numbers separated by a dot. For example, an IP address may look like this: 192.168.0.90

A server is a computer that receives requests from other computers, processes these requests and returns some data to the other computers  in a network. In reality, these servers and the computers they serve can actually be some applications or programs. Servers provide resources, data, services or programs to other computers over a network.

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answerapplication;