SOCKS
nounid
4181·updated May 9, 2026verified
A protocol that a proxy server can use to accept requests from client users in a company's network so that it can forward them across the Internet. SOCKS uses sockets to represent and keep track of individual connections. The client side of SOCKS is built into certain Web browsers and the server side can be added to a proxy server.
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- drogue
- alternatephrasing
- Sock
- possessive
- SOCKS'S
- pluralpossessive
- SOCKSES'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A protocol that a proxy server can use to accept requests from client users in a company's network so that it can forward them across the Internet. SOCKS uses sockets to represent and keep track of individual connections. The client side of SOCKS is built into certain Web browsers and the server side can be added to a proxy server.
- §1
- hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot
- §2
- a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast
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