Do port addresses need to be unique? Why or why not? Why
are port addresses shorter than IP addresses?

Answer Posted / pinar uyanik

Port addresses are smaller than IP addresses because their
domain is smaller.

Port addresses does not necessarly need to be unique. But
port addresses together with the IP address uniquely
identifies the particular server program on a particular
host.

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