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These connections appear as a [[byte stream]] network connection but go from the local computer to itself.
 
In addition to sending data, processes can send [[file descriptor]]s across a Unix ___domain socket connection using the [[sendmsg]]() and [[recvmsg]]() system calls.
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man2/socketpair.2.html socketpair(2) man page]: create a pair of connected sockets
*[http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man2/sendmsg.2.html sendmsg(2) man page]
*[http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man2/recvmsg.2.html recvmsg(2) man page]
*[http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man3/cmsg.3.html cmsg(3) man page]: socket ancillary data, including sending/receiving [[file descriptor]]s
 
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