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<reference anchor='RFC0147'>

<front>
<title>Definition of a socket</title>
<author initials='J.' surname='Winett' fullname='Joel M. Winett'>
<organization>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory</organization></author>
<date month='May' day='7' year='1971' />
<abstract>
<t>A socket is defined to be the unique identification to or from which information is transmitted in the network. The socket is specified as a 32 bit number with even sockets identifying receiving sockets and odd sockets identifying sending sockets. A socket is also identified by the host in which the sending or receiving processer is located.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='147' />
</reference>
