Sockets
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What is Sockets?
Sockets are endpoints in a communication flow between two processes over a network. They provide a standardized way for applications to send and receive data, abstracting away the underlying network protocols. Sockets are commonly used for client-server communication, peer-to-peer networking, and inter-process communication on the same machine.
What other technologies are related to Sockets?
Sockets Competitor Technologies
shared memory
Shared memory is an alternative IPC mechanism, useful for inter-process communication on the same machine, offering an alternative to sockets for certain use cases.
DBus
DBus is a message bus system, an alternative form of IPC, particularly common on Linux systems. It provides a structured way for applications to communicate, competing with sockets.
RPC
RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is a communication protocol that can use sockets (or other mechanisms) to enable a program to execute a procedure on another machine. Sometimes it is considered an alternative to raw socket programming.
MQTT
MQTT is a messaging protocol often used for IoT applications, sometimes used as an alternative to direct socket communication.
Message Queues
Message Queues are an alternative IPC mechanism, useful for inter-process communication and decoupling applications, offering an alternative to sockets for certain use cases.
AMQP
AMQP is a messaging protocol, such as used by RabbitMQ, a competitor to direct socket communication.
SignalR
SignalR is a library to simplify adding real-time web functionality, which can act as an alternative to using raw websockets.
gRPC
gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework that can be used as an alternative to raw socket communication.
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Sockets Complementary Technologies
HTTP Analyzer
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Tool for analyzing HTTP traffic, which can be useful when debugging socket-based applications using HTTP protocols.
IE Inspector
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Tool for debugging and analyzing IE browser, could complement socket use cases related to web applications.
UDP
UDP is a transport layer protocol that can be used with sockets to provide connectionless communication.
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Which job functions commonly mention Sockets?
Embedded Engineer
0.1% of all Embedded Engineer jobs mention Sockets
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Mobile Developer
0.1% of all Mobile Developer jobs mention Sockets
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Frontend Engineer
150 Frontend Engineer jobs mention Sockets
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Software Engineer
1784 Software Engineer jobs mention Sockets
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Engineer
2097 Engineer jobs mention Sockets
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Which organizations are mentioning Sockets?
Susquehanna International Group, LLP
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