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56.7. Summary

Sockets allow communication between applications on the same host or on different hosts connected via a network.

A socket exists within a communication domain, which determines the range of communication and the address format used to identify the socket. SUSv3 specifies the UNIX (AF_UNIX), IPv4 (AF_INET), and IPv6 (AF_INET6) communication domains.


  

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