6.2. TCP and the Client/Server Paradigm
In network programming (and often in other forms of communication, such as database programming), applications that use sockets are divided into two categories, the client and the server. You are probably familiar with the phrase client/server programming, although the exact meaning of the phrase may be unclear to you. This paradigm is the subject of the discussion below.
6.2.1. The Client/Server Paradigm
The client/server paradigm divides software into two categories, clients and servers. A client is software that initiates a connection and sends requests, whereas a server is software that listens for connections and processes requests. In the context of UDP programming, no actual connection is established, ...
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