Copyright © 2001
Qusay H. Mahmoud
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What are sockets
lA socket is an end point of a
connection
lOr: the interface between user
and network
lTwo sockets must be connected
before they can be used to transfer data (case of TCP)
lA number of connections to choose
from:
–TCP, UDP, Multicast
lTypes of Sockets
–SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_RAW