Why do we need to specify a port number while using HTTP protocol?

Question

Why do we need to specify a port number with an IP address even if we are using HTTP protocol? For example - http://xyz:8080... - what does this even mean? We alrea

Answer 1

A port is like a "channel" in a way... If you have to access different functions of the same website, you use different ports. HTTP is port 80, HTTPS is 443, SSH is 22, and so on.