What Is The Function Of Socket?

1.	What Is The Function Of Socket?
Answer» SOCKETS are very important from the security point of view as it is a method that allows directing of the data to application using TCP/IP protocols. It provides a way to combine the IP address and the port number so that a socket can be created and used. Web server and the client system both have a virtual environment on which there are sockets that allow the communication to happen between both the PARTIES. Client system communicates with the server using the sockets that are opened on the system and by plugging the wire to the server and client system. Run() method used in Scoket allow the CONNECTION to be established that is coming from the client side. It also has a function accept() that is given in ServerSocket that returns the number CORRESPONDING to the request generated.

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SOCKETS are very important from the security point of view as it is a method that allows directing of the data to application using TCP/IP protocols.
It provides a way to combine the IP address and the port number so that a socket can be created and used.
Web server and the client system both have a virtual environment on which there are sockets that allow the communication to happen between both the PARTIES.
Client system communicates with the server using the sockets that are opened on the system and by plugging the wire to the server and client system.
Run() method used in Scoket allow the CONNECTION to be established that is coming from the client side.
It also has a function accept() that is given in ServerSocket that returns the number CORRESPONDING to the request generated.

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