Short answer: A socket is a machine address and a TCP port, identifying a particular application running at a particular address. This allows two-way communication between machines running a particular application.
Long answer: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc147.html -----Original Message----- From: john tarn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: silly question i am still a novice in perl so forgive me for this simple question. what is socket programming? what do sockets do? is there a site that can explain them to me? thanks john -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
