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8. Socket Programming

Sri Manikanta Palakollu1 
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freelance, Hanuman Junction, Hanuman Junction, 521105, Andhra Pradesh, India
 
Socket programming is a way of connecting two nodes on a network to communicate with each other. It achieves the IPC over a network. The following topics and code samples are covered in this chapter.

  • Introduction to sockets

  • IPC over network

  • Generic API for socket programming

  • OSI architectural model

  • TCP/IP model

  • Client-server architecture

  • Implementation of client-server architecture using TCP protocol

  • Implementation of client-server architecture using UDP protocol

Introduction to Sockets

A socket is a bidirectional ...

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