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Socket programming using the select system call

By Karunesh Johri • Updated: February 21, 2023

1.0 Client-Server Paradigm The Client-Server paradigm divides the software architecture of a system in two parts, the server and its clients. The server works in the background and maintains the system-wide database. Using the database, it provides the functions for system operation and responses to queries from the clients. The clients provide the user interface …

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Socket Programming using UDP in C

By Karunesh Johri • Updated: February 20, 2023

1.0 Datagram sockets There are two major types of network sockets, viz. Stream sockets (SOCK_STREAM) and Datagram sockets (SOCK_DGRAM). The socket type defines the semantics of communication between this socket and its remote counterpart. Stream sockets provide full-duplex reliable sequenced data streams. Datagram sockets support connectionless unreliable messages between the source and destination sockets. Datagram …

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