[elchief]

I'm slightly annoyed that vite's default port isn't 8483

[chrisweekly]

why?

[kseistrup]

VITE typed on a T9 keyboard is 8483.

[ButlerianJihad]

T9 is predictive and based on a dictionary and training.

If you type "8483" on T9, your phone may offer "THUD" or "TITE" or all three, as choices.

But with a normal telephone keypad, if you dial, e.g. "(800) 555-VITE" then you will always dial "8483".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneword

Also, a service port is always qualified by its protocol. There are separate port namespaces for each IP protocol that uses ports. "8483" is not a service port, until you spell it out:

  8483/tcp

or

  8483/udp

or

  8483/sctp

or

  8483/dccp

etc.

A TCP stream, for example, consists of a tuple:

  src:port1 dst:port2

[hdjrudni]

5173 spells Vite...

173 looks like ITE

5 in roman numerals is V.