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 to...

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). The …

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 packets that get …

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 situations, an explicit shutdown is …

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 create a socket, you …

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 can run on top of …

Here is an excerpt from socket.io client source secure: 'https' == uri.protocol (version 0.9.16), it sets secure option to true if https is detected in the url.

Oct 24, 2013 · 14 java.net.SocketException socket is closed This exception means that you closed the socket, and then continued to try to use it.

A socket contains an IP address and port and it could only connect to another socket, but an IP address and port in the same machine could be connected with many other IP addresses and ports with TCP …

I've been trying to wrap my head around how sockets work, and I've been trying to pick apart some sample code I found at this page for a very simple client socket program. Since this is basic sampl...