Sockets are a general-purpose way of communicating over networks and similar infrastructure. Essentially they are a generalization of files to things other than storage devices. They aren’t part of ...

A socket is an endpoint in communication between networks, and socket programming enables these endpoints to transfer data, thereby supporting communication between networks and programs. Socket ...

Whenever you use an ATM to check your balance or withdraw some money, you are actually participating in a client-server interaction with a computer on your bank's network. A client-server network ...