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Socket Programming Basics and Examples by Jitendra Nigam is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Socket programming allows processes to communicate across a network. A socket is a file descriptor that represents an endpoint for communication between processes. There are two main types of sockets - stream sockets which provide reliable, sequenced connections using TCP, and datagram sockets which provide unreliable datagrams using UDP. Stream sockets are used for applications like web browsers that require error-free delivery, while datagram sockets are used for applications like TFTP that implement thei

Author

Jitendra Nigam

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EN