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portscans

portscans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of portscan.

portscans is the plural of portscan.

Meaning of portscan

Verb

portscan (third-person singular simple present portscans, present participle portscanning, simple past and past participle portscanned)

  1. (transitive) To scan (a network host) in order to detect open ports.

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Questions about portscans

What is portscans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Portscans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of portscan.

Words near portscans in the dictionary

  1. portscan
  2. portscanned
  3. portscanner
  4. portscanners
  5. portscanning
  6. portscans
  7. portscullis
  8. Portsea
  9. portside
  10. portsider
  11. portsiders

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