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socket
subject			fact

socket	has definition Data in a client or server that represents an end of a TCP/IP connection. A complete connection has two sockets, one in the client and one in the server
	is a subtopic of 3.5 - Technology Needed to Build Client-Server Systems
	is a kind of mechanism
	see also Socket class

Kinds of socket :

• server socket (4 facts) - Data in a server used to generate connections on a port