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Socket

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001134

An endpoint of a two-way communication link between two programs running on a network. A socket is bound to a port number so that the Transport Layer can identify the application that data is destined to be sent to. When combined with an IP address, the socket forms a unique identifier for a specific process on a specific host in the network.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001134
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001134",
  "term": "Socket",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An endpoint of a two-way communication link between two programs running on a network. A socket is bound to a port number so that the Transport Layer can identify the application that data is destined to be sent to. When combined with an IP address, the socket forms a unique identifier for a specific process on a specific host in the network.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/socket/"
}

Record 1,246 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.