Ported vs vented box

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

you're wrong

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

then what is right? i agree that they perform the same function....in what part am i wrong? be a little more specific please.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

hehe, tough to tell when you're joking around here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

then what is right? i agree that they perform the same function....in what part am i wrong? be a little more specific please.

they preform the same function because they are the SAME THING

they are just different terms for a opening in an enclosure that acts like a helmholtz resonator

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

ok so why does that make me wrong? yes, they are the same thing. i never argued that they werent. they have different shaped openings. if people refer to them as port or vent what makes the difference? it makes them more easily identifiable. they ARE different designs, yet serve the same function, essentially making them the same thing, where am i wrong?? are you all being vague just to appear more knowledgable?

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

I personally regard a port to be a circular opening, usually made from a PVC flange and /(or cardboard) tube. I personally regard a vent or slot port as a rectangular or square shaped hole with no flanged opening.

there's your problem

the words vent and port can be used interchangably in all situations

a round port is also a round vent

a square port is also a square vent

a flanged port is also a flanged vent

a unflanged port is also a unflanged vent

a PVC port is also a PVC vent

a wood port is also a wood vent

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

okay i can totally agree with you that port/vent can be interchanged. like i said if you read my post...

"... what makes the difference?"

im still confused - how does that make my assumption wrong???? a square port/vent and a round port/vent are still different in design. what is the point you are trying to make here? honestly, i think you are being vague just to get your "F---ing postcount" up.
.....you and your so-called policing........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

actually port has nothing to do with air. Vent does.

look them up,vent has the proper definition

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

okay i can totally agree with you that port/vent can be interchanged. like i said if you read my post... im still confused - how does that make my assumption wrong???? a square port/vent and a round port/vent are still different in design. what is the point you are trying to make here? honestly, i think you are being vague just to get your "F---ing postcount" up.
.....you and your so-called policing........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif

you just made it seem like a port is always round and a vent is always square

if you had seen either the Below30 or WarDrumz threads on this, you would understand that this is a touchy subject that we try to prevent from turning into huge 20 page flamings

by the way, i only wh0re in the lounge

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

read my last post. the wh0ring will stop when every one does it

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

OKAY. lets end this here.

this is what merriam webster has to say:

Main Entry: 2port

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English porte, from Middle French, gate, door, from Latin porta passage, gate; akin to Latin portus port

1 chiefly Scottish : GATE

2 a : an opening (as in a valve seat or valve face) for intake or exhaust of a fluid b : the area of opening in a cylinder face of a passageway for the working fluid in an engine; also : such a passageway

3 a : an opening in a vessel's side (as for admitting light or loading cargo) b archaic : the cover for a porthole

4 : a hole in an armored vehicle or fortification through which guns may be fired

5 : a hardware interface by which a computer communicates with another device or system

Main Entry: 1vent

Pronunciation: 'vent

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle French esventer to expose to the air, from es- ex- (from Latin ex-) + vent wind, from Latin ventus -- more at WIND

1 : to provide with a vent

2 a : to serve as a vent for b : DISCHARGE, EXPEL c : to give often vigorous or emotional expression to

3 : to relieve by means of a vent

Clearly, vent and port are not the same thing. Either term has been unappropriately misused, and is not correct terminology. Additionally, in the definitions provided, "port" clearly has no reference to Air, whereas "vent clearly does. The definition of "port" also makes a reference to cylindrical shape. Due to the fact that this misunderstanding is an English language -rooted issue, I think we should just end this debate here. I rest my case.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

w00h00! i love going no where!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

w00h00! i love going no where!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

I just noticed that you are only 17. It all makes sense now...

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

and what exactly is THAT supposed to mean? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/offtopic.gif.470a8b0541c72322a0037f48a8237473.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smash.gif.499e08a4a35ffaf54f4c8194fb8fe8ed.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[EFFENDI 10+ year member]

hey its past your bedtime.....