华北水利水电大学信息工程学院计算机网络课件 Lecture6.pptVIP

Socket programming Socket API introduced in BSD4.1 UNIX, 1981 explicitly created, used, released by apps client/server paradigm two types of transport service via socket API: unreliable datagram reliable, byte stream-oriented Socket-programming using TCP Socket: a door between application process and end-end-transport protocol (UDP or TCP) TCP service: reliable transfer of bytes from one process to another Socket programming with TCP Client must contact server server process must first be running server must have created socket (door) that welcomes client’s contact Client contacts server