Socket
nounid
4179·updated May 9, 2026verified
The socket tells a host's IP stack where to plug in a data stream so that it connects to the right application.
polysemous
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Entity Type
Network85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
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Variants
- plural
- Sockets
- possessive
- Socket's
- pluralpossessive
- Sockets'
Framework definitions
- §1
- The socket tells a host's IP stack where to plug in a data stream so that it connects to the right application.
- §1
- a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
- §2
- receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
- §3
- a bony hollow into which a structure fits
- §1 · legacy_primary
- The socket tells a host's IP stack where to plug in a data stream so that it connects to the right application.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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