I don't know exactly what socket means. A server runs on a specific computer and has a socket that is bound to a specific port number. The server just waits, listening to the socket for a client …

Sep 30, 2008 · An endpoint (socket) is defined by the combination of a network address and a port identifier. Note that address/port does not completely identify a socket (more on this later). …

113 A socket is a pseudo-file that represents a network connection. Once a socket has been created (identifying the other host and port), writes to that socket are turned into network …

The Socket.IO module available for Node.js can help a lot, but note that it is not a pure WebSocket module in its own right. It's actually a more generic communications module that …

Jan 3, 2009 · Most socket libraries, however, are so used to programmers neglecting to use this piece of etiquette that normally a close is the same as shutdown(); close(). So in most …

While creating socket pass correct parameters .In above example you passed SOCK_DGRAM instead pass SOCK_STREAM. After binding server should go into listen mode (check the …

41 I'm learning about network programming in Unix and currently trying to understand the concept of socket and file descriptors. From what I have understood a file descriptor is simply a …

Feb 27, 2013 · 2 Socket programming is a kind of middleware, residing between the application layer and the TCP layer. It's able to carry anything present in the application layer; even HTTP …

Jul 16, 2025 · AF_INET is an a ddress f amily that is used to designate the type of addresses that your socket can communicate with (in this case, Internet Protocol v4 addresses). When you …

Highly confusing. Dealing with DNS UDP (DATAGRAM) I have been using recvfrom (1024) and received between 1024 and 4096 in size. So it seems in that use case the parameter is only a …