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Transport (disambiguation)
Transport
can mean more than one thing:
Transport
, in the sense of
engineering
and infrastructure; see also
List of transport topics
.
In
biology
the word
transport
refers to the movement of molecules or ions across cell membranes or via the bloodstream such as
active transport
and
passive transport
. Usually this transport is mediated by
proteins
.
The term
penal transportation
refers to sending persons abroad as punishment.
In
computer science
and
electrical engineering
, the term
transport
is also used to describe certain computer
network protocols
(see
transport layer
).
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