Sockets

• end-point for an IP (TCP/UDP) connection

• machine ip + port

• Socket class

  • opens connections
  • requires destination endpoint
  • connection is an i/o stream

• SocketServer class

  • waits on server listening for incoming connection requests
  • upon connection returns socket object
  • usually go back and listen for more connections

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