What is port forwarding and what is it used for?

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12:50 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/284051/w...

Question links:
['port forwarding']: https://superuser.com/search?

Accepted answer links:
[router]: https://superuser.com/tags/router/info
http://portforward.com/
[private]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_IP_...
[reserved]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP...
[DHCP]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1udG4.png

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