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iOS and OS X Network Programming Cookbook
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The Berkeley Socket API (where API stands for Application Programming Interface) is a set of standard functions used for inter-process network communications. Other socket APIs also exist; however, the Berkeley socket is generally regarded as the standard. The Berkeley Socket API was originally introduced in 1983 when 4.2 BSD was released. The API has evolved with very few modifications into a part of the Portable Operating System Interface for Unix (POSIX) specification. All modern operating systems have some implementation of the Berkeley Socket Interface for connecting devices to the Internet. Even Winsock, which is MS Window's socket implementation, closely follows the Berkeley standards. BSD sockets generally rely on client/server architecture when they establish their connections. Client/server architecture is a networking approach where a device is assigned one of the two following roles:
Jon Hoffman - Personal Name
978-1-84969-808-5
NONE
Information Technology
English
2014
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