• Unix domain socket
    A Unix domain socket aka UDS or IPC socket (inter-process communication socket) is a data communications endpoint for exchanging data between processes...
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  • Berkeley sockets
    Berkeley sockets is an application programming interface (API) for Internet sockets and Unix domain sockets, used for inter-process communication (IPC)...
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  • Socket
    is pulled Ball and socket joint Network socket, an end-point in a communication across a network or the Internet Unix domain socket, an end-point in local...
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  • NTFS reparse point (section Unix domain socket (socket))
    symbolic links, directory junction points, volume mount points and Unix domain sockets. Also, reparse points are used as placeholders for files moved by...
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  • File descriptor (category Unix file system technology)
    mkfifoat() fdopendir() Unix file descriptors behave in many ways as capabilities. They can be passed between processes across Unix domain sockets using the sendmsg()...
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  • Network socket
    utility. Other socket types are implemented over other transport protocols, such as Systems Network Architecture and Unix domain sockets for internal inter-process...
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  • D-Bus
    methods it supports. For instance, in Unix-like operating systems such as Linux libdbus typically uses Unix domain sockets as the underlying transport method...
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  • Unix file types
    The seven standard Unix file types are regular, directory, symbolic link, FIFO special, block special, character special, and socket as defined by POSIX...
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  • Netlink (section Netlink socket families)
    different userspace processes, in a way similar to the Unix domain sockets available on certain Unix-like operating systems, including its original incarnation...
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  • TCP/IP Illustrated (section Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols)
    Transfer Protocol) NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) UNIX Domain Protocols (see Unix domain socket) As with Volume 2, examples from 4.4BSD-Lite are used...
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