Network Sockets Quiz

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What is a network socket?

A hardware component used for data storage in a computer network

A type of computer keyboard with enhanced networking capabilities

A visual representation of network connections on a computer screen

A software structure within a network node serving as an endpoint for sending and receiving data (correct)

When are sockets created?

At the start of a computer network's operation

During the lifetime of a process of an application running in the node (correct)

When a new device is connected to the network

Only when the network node is rebooted

How is a socket externally identified to other hosts?

By its internal memory allocation

By its socket address, which is the triad of transport protocol, IP address, and port number (correct)

By its physical location within the network node

By its manufacturer's serial number

In what context is the term 'socket' most commonly used?

In the context of the Internet protocol suite Signup and view all the answers

Apart from network communication, what else can a socket be used for?

Node-internal inter-process communication (IPC) Signup and view all the answers

What is a network socket?

A software structure within a network node that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network Signup and view all the answers

How are sockets created?

During the lifetime of a process of an application running in the node Signup and view all the answers

What is a socket address?

The triad of transport protocol, IP address, and port number Signup and view all the answers

In what context is the term 'socket' most commonly used?

In the context of the Internet protocol suite Signup and view all the answers

Apart from network communication, what else can a socket be used for?

Node-internal inter-process communication (IPC) Signup and view all the answers

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What is a network socket?

When are sockets created?

How is a socket externally identified to other hosts?

In what context is the term 'socket' most commonly used?

Apart from network communication, what else can a socket be used for?

What is a network socket?

How are sockets created?

What is a socket address?

In what context is the term 'socket' most commonly used?

Apart from network communication, what else can a socket be used for?

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