A network socket is a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the...

In client-server computing, a Unix domain socket is a Berkeley socket that allows data to be exchanged between two processes executing on the same Unix...

released in 1983. A socket is an abstract representation (handle) for the local endpoint of a network communication path. The Berkeley sockets API represents...

ports onto the network, and forwarding arriving network packets to processes by matching the packet's IP address and port number to a socket. For TCP, only...

is pulled Ball and socket joint Network socket, an end-point in a communication across a network or the Internet Unix domain socket, an end-point in local...

WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing a simultaneous two-way communication channel over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)...

the Windows Sockets API (WSA), later shortened to Winsock, is an application programming interface (API) that defines how Windows network application...

In computer networking, Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) is a form of virtual private network (VPN) tunnel that provides a mechanism to transport...

the AppleTalk networking protocol suite. Its main responsibility is for socket-to-socket delivery of datagrams over an AppleTalk network. Note: All application-level...

IP address/protocol/port number triple defines an association with a network socket. For publicly accessible services such as web and mail servers the port...