COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A port address in TCP/IP is ____ bits long.
A
32
B
48
C
16
D
64
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A port number is a 16-bit integer ranging from 0 to 65535. A port number uniquely identifies this application to the protocol underlying this TCP/IP host (TCP, UDP, or IP).

Detailed explanation-2: -The TCP port field is 16 bits, allowing port numbers from 0 to 65535. There are two types of ports: reserved and ephemeral. A reserved port is 1023 or lower; ephemeral ports are 1024-65535.

Detailed explanation-3: -A 16-bit port address represented as one single number. The physical addresses change from hop to hop, but the logical and port addresses usually remain the same.

Detailed explanation-4: -A typical port number is 16 bits in size. This address refers to that of the IP protocol of Layer-3.

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