Meaning of SOCKET
| Pronunciation: | | 'sâkit
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- [n] a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
- [n] receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
- [n] a bony hollow into which a structure fits
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| | See Also: | | acetabulum, alveolus, ball-and-socket joint, bodily cavity, bone, box end wrench, box wrench, cavity, cavum, cotyloid cavity, electric socket, hip socket, os, receptacle, socket wrench, tooth socket | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
{Socket bolt} (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
{Socket chisel}. Same as {Framing chisel}. See under
{Framing}.
{Socket pipe}, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
{Socket pole}, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
{Socket wrench}, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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| | Definition: | | The Berkeley Unix mechansim for creating a virtual connection between processes. Sockets interface Unix's standard I/O with its network communication facilities. They can be of two types, stream (bi-directional) or datagram (fixed length destination-addressed messages). The socket library function socket() creates a communications end-point or socket and returns a file descriptor with which to access that socket. The socket has associated with it a socket address, consisting of a port number and the local host's network address. Unix manual page: socket(2). |
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