What's a socket?

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What's a socket?

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10-02-2004, 05:15 AM	#1
craigs1987 Member Registered: May 2004 Location: England Distribution: SuSE linux 10.0 OSS Posts: 78 Rep:	What's a socket? Can anyone tell me what a socket is in networking terms? Thank you. Craig.

10-02-2004, 05:20 AM	#2
Sutekh Member Registered: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Distribution: Gentoo Posts: 273 Rep:	a socket is an ip address and port combination

10-02-2004, 05:32 AM	#3
craigs1987 Member Registered: May 2004 Location: England Distribution: SuSE linux 10.0 OSS Posts: 78 Original Poster Rep:	Cool, thanks!

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