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Using Sockets

Use network services on other computers over the Internet by using sockets. A socket is the combination of an IP address and a port number. An IP address consists of 32-bits represented by four decimal values. Each decimal value is from 0 to 255 and is separated from the other values by periods. For instance, 204.71.177.66 is the IP address associated with the following computer name, http://www.yahoo.com. Computer names are also known as host names. The combination of the IP address and Telnet port 23 is a socket and looks like 204.71.177.66:23.

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You can get the IP address of any computer name with the ping command. The ping command is a UNIX command that is also supplied with the Microsoft Windows operating systems. For instance, ...