figure - the local host address actually cor responds to your machine type socket gethostbyname("www johnmuellerbooks com"and press enter you see the output shown in figure - this is the address for my website the point is that these addresses work wherever you are and whatever you're doing -just like those you place on physical envelope the physical mail uses addresses that are unique across the worldjust as the internet does figure - the addresses that you use to send -mail are unique across the internet close the python shell port port is specific entryway for server location the host address specifies the locationbut the port defines where to get in even if you don' specify port every time you use host addressthe port is implied access is always