sport

adj : (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident in inland Maine

n 1: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and

competition [syn: {athletics}]

2: the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

3: someone who engages in sports [syn: {sportsman}, {sportswoman}]

4: an organism that has characteristics resulting from

chromosomal alteration [syn: {mutant}, {mutation}]

5: verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken

seriously); "he became a figure of fun" [syn: {fun}, {play}]

v 1: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was

sporting a new hat" [syn: {feature}, {boast}]

2: play or romp around; "The children frolicked in the garden";

"the gamboling lambs in the meadows" [syn: {frolic}, {lark},

{rollick}, {skylark}, {disport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk},

{romp}, {run around}, {lark about}]

port

1. A logical channel or channel endpoint in a

communications system. The {Transmission Control Protocol}

and {User Datagram Protocol} {transport layer} protocols used

on {Ethernet} use port numbers to distinguish between

(demultiplex) different logical channels on the same {network

interface} on the same computer.

Each {application program} has a unique port number associated

with it, defined in /etc/services or the {Network Information

Service} "services" database. Some {protocols}, e.g. {telnet}

and {HTTP} (which is actually a special form of telnet) have

default ports specified as above but can use other ports as

well.

2. To translate {software} to

run on a different system or the results of doing so. See

{portability}.

3. An {imperative} language descended from {Zed}

from {Waterloo Microsystems} (now {Hayes} Canada) ca. 1979.

["Port Language" document in the Waterloo Port Development

System].

(1998-02-20)