Socket

  • 101socket — noun (C) 1 a piece of plastic with holes in it, which is fixed into a wall and which you can connect electrical equipment to: Don t let the baby stick her fingers in the socket. 2 a hollow part of a structure into which something fits: Kendrick… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 102socket */ — UK [ˈsɒkɪt] / US [ˈsɑkət] noun [countable] Word forms socket : singular socket plural sockets 1) a) British a place on a surface or machine with holes for connecting a piece of electrical equipment. The American word is outlet. b) a place where… …

    English dictionary

  • 103socket —    1. A general purpose interprocess communication mechanism, originally developed in the Unix world. Sockets allow processes that are not running at the same time or on the same system to exchange information; pairs of cooperating sockets manage …

    Dictionary of networking

  • 104socket —   Pona, puka ho okomo iho, kumu; nāpana (rare).    ♦ Eye socket, pona, maka lua.    ♦ Socket at a joint, iwi pona …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 105socket — n. & v. n. 1 a natural or artificial hollow for something to fit into or stand firm or revolve in. 2 Electr. a device receiving a plug, light bulb, etc., to make a connection. 3 Golf the part of an iron club into which the shaft is fitted. v.tr.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 106socket — noun /sɒkət̩̩/ a) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket). b) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint …

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  • 107Socket 5 — El Socket 5, de Intel, fue usado para correr los primeros procesadores Pentium I de 32 bit. Corría los pentium de 75Mhz,85Mhz,90Mhz, y los procesadores de 100Mhz. Algunos alcanzaron a ser compatibles con el Pentium Overdrive, dependiendo del tipo …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 108Socket — So|cket 〈[sɔ̣kıt] m. 6; Sp.; Golf〉 Fehlschlag, bei dem nur die Schlägerspitze den Ball trifft [engl. „Hülse, Fassung“] * * * Socket   [engl.], Sockel …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 109socket — s m Pieza eléctrica que sirve de base para sostener focos y para establecer la conexión entre éstos y el cableado: cambiar el socket de una lámpara. (También se escribe sóquet.) …

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  • 110socket — sock|et [ˈsɔkıt US ˈsa: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: soket, from Old French soc broad curved blade of a plow ] 1.) a place in a wall where you can connect electrical equipment to the supply of electricity British Equivalent:… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English