difference between port and socket?

Question

What is the difference between port and socket?

Answer 1

Hi,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_port_(hardware)

In computer hardware, a port serves as an interface between the computer and other computers or peripheral devices. Physically, a port is a specialized outlet on a piece of equipment to which a plug or cable connects. Electronically, the several conductors making up the outlet provide a signal transfer between devices.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket

n computer networking:

• network socket, an end-point in a communication across a network or the Internet
• Unix domain socket, an end-point in local inter-process communication
• socket(), a system call defined by the Berkeley sockets API

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/socket.htm

Socket

1. When referring to a processor, a CPU socket or processor socket is a connection that allows a computer processors to be connected to a motherboard. For example, the Socket 370 is an example of such a socket. In the picture to the right, is an example of what a socket may look like on a motherboard. Although there have been computers that used the slot processor, most computers today and in the past have used socket processors.

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