Unix ___domain socket: Difference between revisions

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A '''Unix ___domain socket (UDS)''' or '''IPC socket''' (inter-procedure call socket) is a virtual socket, similar to an [[internet socket]] that is used in [[POSIX]] [[operating system]]s for [[inter-process communication]]. The correct standard POSIX term is '''POSIX Local IPC Sockets'''.

These connections appear as a [[byte stream]] network connection but go from the local computer to itself.