SOCKET

'Socket' can refer to:
In 'electronics' and 'electricity:

★ Electrical outlet, an electrical device connected to a power source onto which another device can be plugged or screwed in

★ Antenna socket

★ Jack (connector)

★ CPU socket, a physical and electrical specification of how to connect a CPU to a motherboard
In 'mechanics':

★ Socket wrench, a type of wrench that uses separate, removable sockets to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts

★ Socket head screw, a screw (or bolt) with a cylindrical head containing a socket into which the hexagonal ends of an Allan wrench will fit.

★ Socket termination for the ends of wire rope.
In 'piping and plumbing'

★ An opening in any fitting that matches the outside diameter of a pipe or tube and a further recessed through opening matching the inside diameter of the same pipe or tube.
In 'biology':

★ Eye socket, a region in the skull where the eyes are positioned

★ Tooth socket, a cavity containing a tooth, in those bones that bear teeth. In mammals, tooth sockets are found in the maxilla and the mandible.

★ Dry socket, a painful opening as a result of the blood not clotting after a tooth is pulled

★ Ball and socket joint
In 'computing':

★ an end-point of a bi-directional communication link in the Berkeley sockets API

★ Internet socket, an end-point in the IP networking protocol

★ Unix domain socket, an end-point in local inter-process communication

★ A networking utility similar to ''nc'' (netcat)
Socket also refers to:

★ '', a video game created by Vic Tokai on the Sega Genesis

★ ''Socket (film)'', a gay-themed science-fiction indie feature produced by Dark Blue Films and Velvet Candy Entertainment, LLC. (2007)