socket

English Online Dictionary. What means socket‎? What does socket mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒkɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑkɪt/
• Hyphenation: sock‧et
• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Noun

socket (plural sockets)

1. (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

   Synonym: jack
2. (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
3. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
4. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
5. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
6. The hollow of a candlestick.
7. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.

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See also

• WebSocket
• outlet

Verb

socket (third-person singular simple present sockets, present participle socketing, simple past and past participle socketed)

1. To place or fit in a socket.

References

• “socket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.