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Meanings of socket in English

Spanish
zócalo

Device for attaching and releasing interchangeable components.

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zócalo

A female electrical connector that have slots or holes which accept the pins or blades of power plugs inserted into them and deliver electricity to the plugs.

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An endpoint of a bidirectional inter-process communication flow across an Internet Protocol-based computer network, such as the Internet.

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Examples for "network socket"
Examples for "network socket"
1
Have them meet at a network socket.
Automating system administration with perl
2
It's platform independent with built-in support for network sockets and threading.
Essential snmp, 2nd edition
Usage of socket in English
1
And then there's the great second socket search in your hotel room.
The Irish Times
2
I sure hope he's not strong enough to crush my shoulder socket.
World After
3
A spark decaying in its socket; a little hot dust clinging together.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
4
The light had burned down in the socket, and must go out.
Nina Balatka
5
He pressed upon the control lever and wrenched it from its socket.
The Moon Pool
6
McIver forced the boy's arm back into its socket, the commission heard.
The Guardian
7
The fifteen-minute explanation of a wall socket and power cords was priceless.
The unincorporated man
8
Here the socket of the candle dropped, and the wick went out.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
9
The wood burst into splinters as the bolt shot from the socket.
Man-Size
10
The wing socket permits a motion similar to a universal joint, Fig.
Aeroplanes
11
Several minutes elapsed, and the candle began to splutter in its socket.
Esther Waters
12
No, there was nothing to be done; the socket had been crushed.
A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others
13
The man struck a light and fixed a candle in a socket.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
14
A lead ran from the stapler to a socket in the wall.
Slow decay
15
It just needs to be plugged in to a three-pin mains socket.
The Guardian
16
I put the second one on the landing, where there's a socket.
Independent.ie
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common