I don't know exactly what socket means. A server runs on a specific computer and has a socket that is bound to a specific port number. The server just waits, listening to the socket for a client …

Sep 30, 2008 · An endpoint (socket) is defined by the combination of a network address and a port identifier. Note that address/port does not completely identify a socket (more on this …

Feb 27, 2013 · 2 Socket programming is a kind of middleware, residing between the application layer and the TCP layer. It's able to carry anything present in the application layer; even HTTP …

AF_INET is an a ddress f amily that is used to designate the type of addresses that your socket can communicate with (in this case, Internet Protocol v4 addresses). When you create a socket, …

Most socket libraries, however, are so used to programmers neglecting to use this piece of etiquette that normally a close is the same as shutdown(); close(). So in most situations, an …

I am trying to write an echoing client/server socket. I have written the server so that 30% of the packets are lost. I programmed my client to timeout after one second since the packet could be …

Here is an excerpt from socket.io client source secure: 'https' == uri.protocol (version 0.9.16), it sets secure option to true if https is detected in the url.

Jun 8, 2017 · I've read a few post regarding socket hang up and it mention about sending a request and there's no response from the server side and probably timeout. How do I extend …

The Socket.IO module available for node.js can help a lot, but note that it is not a pure WebSocket module in its own right. It's actually a more generic communications module that can run on …

Feb 23, 2017 · Is using the socket library a requirement? The problem description in the body of the question does not say so and it seems that using one of the many established solutions for …