8080

Fellow coders,

I hope this is an appropriately asked query. I debated asking the list
for fear it might be deemed trivial or irrelevant (egads!). But I'm
stumped. What is the meaning of an 8080 suffix on some URL's? I know that
80 is a common HTTP port. And there have only been 2 or 3 sites I've seen
that incorporate the 8080 into their address (namely, the NSA). What I've
noticed is that none of these sites require the browser to type it into
the location bar; instead, it is auto-completed for them.

I would just like to know what that 8080 means?!?! Is it security
related?

Hope someone won't mind shedding some light...

TIA!
Jay
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