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Normally a socket is where your limbs are attached to, as in "I'm going to rip your arm out of the socket." In network speak a socket is composed of an IP address and a port number. For example, a socket could be "10.119.148.38 port 80." See also TCP/IP and ports. Another meaning of socket refers to the pin grid array interface between some CPUs and the things into which they plug. ISP Glossary:
Socket - BONN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003--T-MobileInternational (NYSE:DT):-- Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization("OIBDA") of $461 million in the third quarter-- OIBDA margin to service revenues of 24%-- 670,000 net new customers in the third quarter-- Service Revenue ARPU of $54, up $1 sequentially and $4year-over-year- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=36436827
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