Chapter 14. Network Programming in Python with the Pi
A network socket is an endpoint of a connection across computer networks. Nowadays, almost all communication between computers and distinct networks is based on the Internet Protocol, which uses sockets as a basis of communication. A socket is an abstract reference that a local program can pass to the network API to make use of a connection. Sockets are internally often represented in network programming APIs simply as integers, which identify which connection to use. In brief, we will be covering the following topics in this chapter:
- The basics of sockets
- The difference between TCP and UDP sockets
- UDP sockets
- TCP sockets
- The Telnet program
- A chat application
The basics of sockets
A socket API is an ...
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