7 dictionary results for: socket
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sock·et
[sok-it] Pronunciation Key
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[sok-it] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing. |
| 2. | Electricity.
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| 3. | Anatomy.
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| 4. | to place in or fit with a socket. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME soket < AF, equiv. to OF soc plowshare (< Gaulish *soccos; cf. Welsh swch, OIr socc) + -et -et
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sock·et·less, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sock·et
(sŏk'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. sock·et·ed, sock·et·ing, sock·ets To furnish with or insert into a socket. [Middle English soket, from Anglo-Norman, spearhead, diminutive of soc, plowshare, probably of Celtic origin; see sū- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
socket
socket
c.1300, "spearhead" (originally one shaped like a plowshare), from Anglo-Fr. soket "spearhead" (c.1260), dim. of O.Fr. soc "plowshare," from V.L. *soccus, probably from a Gaulish source, cf. Welsh swch "plowshare," Middle Irish soc "plowshare," prop. "hog's snout," cognate with L. sus "swine;" see sow (n.) "female pig." Meaning "hollow part or piece for receiving and holding something" first recorded 1448; anatomical sense is from 1601; domestic electrical sense first recorded 1885. Socket wrench is attested from 1905.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| socket | |
noun | |
| 1. | a bony hollow into which a structure fits |
| 2. | receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted |
| 3. | a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
socket networking
The Berkeley Unix mechansim for creating a virtual connection between processes. Sockets interface Unix's standard I/O with its network communication facilities. They can be of two types, stream (bi-directional) or datagram (fixed length destination-addressed messages). The socket library function socket() creates a communications end-point or socket and returns a file descriptor with which to access that socket. The socket has associated with it a socket address, consisting of a port number and the local host's network address.
Unix manual page: socket(2).
(1995-01-31)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Socket
Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden. 2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden. Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess.
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