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network socket

network socket noun: a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network.

Noun

network socket (plural network sockets)

  1. A software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network.

Forms of network socket

pluralnetwork sockets

Questions about network socket

What does network socket mean?
Network socket means a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network.
What part of speech is network socket?
Network socket is a noun.
What is the plural of network socket?
The plural of network socket is network sockets.

Words near network socket in the dictionary

  1. network printer
  2. network printers
  3. network provider
  4. network providers
  5. Network Rail
  6. network socket
  7. network sockets
  8. network state
  9. network states
  10. network subsystem
  11. network subsystems

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