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TCP Sockets

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) sockets provide reliable, connection-based communications. In the case of a sockets interface, the two processes must establish a logical connection with each other. The data is a stream of bytes that is sent without errors or duplication, and is received in the same order in which it was sent.

The following sections describe the various types of TCP socket applications and the &SOCKET verbs you would use for each type.