portscan
nounEtymology From port + scan.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences The scanning of a network host in order to detect open ports.
- Hyponyms
- portsweep
portscan
verbEtymology From port + scan.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences To scan (a network host) in order to detect open ports.