A socket is a type of network connection established between two computer processes. Typically, the processes are running on two different computers attached to the same Internet Protocol (IP) network.

Nokia 206 Whatsapp Free Download. However, the connected processes can be running on the same computer using the special “local host” IP address. Adobe Flash Player supports client-side Transport Control Protocol (TCP) sockets. A Flash Player application can connect to another process acting as a socket server, but cannot accept incoming connection requests from other processes. In other words, a Flash Player application can connect to a TCP server, but cannot serve as one. The Flash Player API also includes the XMLSocket class.