APPLICATION LAYER
SOCKET INTERFACE PROGRAMMING
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Question
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Which socket function is responsible for freeing up the ports used by the socket?
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socket open
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socket send
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socket bind
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socket close
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This function is used to close the socket and free the Socket-Desc. Socket-Desc is the socket descriptor representing the socket to be closed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sockets in Action Two operations are available to terminate this communication: shutdown and close.
Detailed explanation-3: -Big difference between shutdown and close on a socket is the behavior when the socket is shared by other processes. A shutdown() affects all copies of the socket while close() affects only the file descriptor in one process.
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