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 later). …

113 A socket is a pseudo-file that represents a network connection. Once a socket has been created (identifying the other host and port), writes to that socket are turned into network …

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 …

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 …

May 12, 2013 · When listen (2) is called on an unbound socket, the socket is automatically bound to a random free port with the local address set to INADDR_ANY. When connect (2) is called …

Mar 22, 2009 · In socket programming, you create a listening socket and then for each client that connects, you get a normal stream socket that you can use to handle the client's request. The …

I've been trying to wrap my head around how sockets work, and I've been trying to pick apart some sample code I found at this page for a very simple client socket program. Since this is …

The server side code that emits this disconnected event is inside the disconnect event callback which is fired when the socket loses connection. Since the socket already lost connection, …