Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Question:
What is a stream socket?
Answer:
A stream socket provides two way communications between a client and server. This communication is reliable and sequenced. Stream sockets are above TCP to run across any networks. They provide unduplicated flow of data and have well established mechanism for creating and destroying connections and for detecting errors.
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