Look up: socket

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   Socket
   IP address and port number / A receptacle into which a component can be fitted, details ...
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   socket
   [n] - a bony hollow into which a structure fits 2. [n] - receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted 3. [n] - a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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   Socket
   a cavity in the bone, see ALVEOLUS.
   Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/
   
   
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   Socket
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) Software structure operating as a communications end point within a network device.
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   Socket
   A constant connection between two programs.
   Found on http://www.pcblues.co.uk/help_glossary.h
   
   
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   socket
   (networking) The Berkeley Unix mechansim for creating a virtual connection between processes. Sockets interface Unix's standard I/O with its network communication facilities. They can be of two types, stream (bi-directional) or datagram (fixed length destination-addressed messages). The socket library function socket() creates a communications en...
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   socket
   the enlarged end of a pipe into which the end of another pipe of the same diameter can be fitted so as to form a joint between the two lengths Category: Mechanical engineering • portion or remainder of a shothole found in a face after a blast has been fired Category: Mining • the separate device that provides electrical connections between pins of the tube base and the exte...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Socket
   Sock'et noun [ Middle English soket , a dim. through Old French from Latin soccus . See Sock a covering for the foot.] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. « His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink.» Dryden. 2. Especiall ...
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   socket
   1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. ... 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eye socket. ... Origin: thr. O. Fr. Fr. L. Soccus, a shoe, a sock ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    socket
    noun a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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    socket
    noun a bony hollow into which a structure fits
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    Socket
    `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 * Soc...
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    socket
    (sok´әt) a hollow into which a corresponding part fits. dry socket a condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood cl...
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    Socket
    • (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. • (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
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    socket
    
    1. a bony hollow into which a structure fits
    2. receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted
    3. a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
    
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    socket
    connector attached to an apparatus, or to a constructional element or alike NOTE - Contact members of a socket may be socket contacts, pin contacts or both.
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    socket
    base with jaws to receive the terminals of a detachable meter and which has terminals for connection to the supply line NOTE - The socket can be intended to receive one or several meters.
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    socket
    a separate device that provides electrical connections between pins of the tube base and the external wiring, keeping the tube easily removable; it may also provide mechanical retention of the tube and of a tube shield, if any
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    socket
    a connector intended to mate with a plug-in device such as: tubes, relays, etc
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    Socket
    The hole in the jawbone into which the tooth fits.
    Found on http://www.cigna.com/glossary/glossary.h