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The editor will share with you the differences between WebSocket and Socket. I hope you will get something after reading this article. Let's discuss it together.

First of all, Socket is not really a protocol. It works at the OSI model session layer (layer 5) and is an abstraction layer that exists to make it easier for people to directly use lower-level protocols (usually TCP or UDP). Socket is the encapsulation of TCP/IP protocol. Socket itself is not a protocol, but a calling interface (API).

Socket, often referred to as a "socket", is used to describe IP addresses and ports and is a handle to a communication chain. Two programs on the network exchange data through a two-way communication connection. One end of the two-way link is called a Socket, and a Socket is uniquely determined by an IP address and a port number. Applications usually send requests to or respond to network requests through "sockets".

Socket in the process of communication, the server listens to whether a port has a connection request, the client sends a connection request to the server, and the server receives the connection request to send a receiving message to the client, so a connection is established. The client and the server can also send messages to each other to communicate with each other until the connection between the two parties is broken.

Therefore, app of IM social chat can be developed based on WebSocket and Socket.

After reading this article, I believe you have a certain understanding of "what's the difference between WebSocket and Socket". If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel. Thank you for your reading!

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