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Sockets and Ports

Socket: a software representation of the endpoint of a communication channel

can represent many different types of channels
IP address + UDP/TCP + port number
- 131.120.1.13, UDP, 51
- 131.120.1.13, TCP, 51

Port: A specific numerical identifier for an individual application

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