Unix domain socket
Socket for exchanging data between processes executing on the same OS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Unix domain socket aka UDS or IPC socket (inter-process communication socket) is a data communications endpoint for exchanging data between processes executing on the same host operating system. It is also referred to by its address family AF_UNIX
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