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<p>An <b>ephemeral port</b> is a communications endpoint (<a href="page.php?w=Port_%28computer_networking%29">port</a>) of a <a href="page.php?w=transport_layer">transport layer</a> protocol of the <a href="page.php?w=Internet_protocol_suite">Internet protocol suite</a> that is used for only a short period of time for the duration of a communication session. Such short-lived ports are allocated automatically within a predefined range of <a href="page.php?w=port_number">port number</a>s by the <a href="page.php?w=IP_stack">IP stack</a> software of</p><p>
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