Socket

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Socket can refer to:

In electronics and electricity:

• Electrical outlet, an electrical device connected to a power source onto which another device can be plugged or screwed in
• Antenna socket
• Jack (connector)
• CPU socket, a physical and electrical specification of how to connect a CPU to a motherboard

In mechanics:

• Socket wrench, a type of wrench that uses separate, removable sockets to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts
• Socket head screw, a screw (or bolt) with a cylindrical head containing a socket into which the hexagonal ends of an Allan wrench will fit.
• Socket termination for the ends of wire rope.

In piping and plumbing

• An opening in any fitting that matches the outside diameter of a pipe or tube and a further recessed through opening matching the inside diameter of the same pipe or tube.

In biology:

• Eye socket, a region in the skull where the eyes are positioned
• Tooth socket, a cavity containing a tooth, in those bones that bear teeth. In mammals, tooth sockets are found in the maxilla and the mandible.
• Dry socket, a painful opening as a result of the blood not clotting after a tooth is pulled
• Ball and socket joint

In computing:

• an end-point of a bi-directional communication link in the Berkeley sockets API
• Internet socket, an end-point in the IP networking protocol
• Unix domain socket, an end-point in local inter-process communication
• A networking utility similar to nc (netcat)

Socket also refers to:

• Socket: Time Dominator, a video game created by Vic Tokai on the Sega Genesis
• Socket, a gay-themed science-fiction indie feature produced by Dark Blue Films and Velvet Candy Entertainment, LLC. (2007)