socket

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑkɪt/ Hyphenation: sock‧et Rhymes: -ɒkɪt === Noun === socket (plural sockets) Any of various concave objects (or portions of larger objects) that envelop a counterpart object. (electricity) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket). Near-synonyms: jack, outlet, receptacle, wall socket (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint. Hyponyms: tooth socket, alveolar socket, dental alveolus, dry socket; eye socket, eye-socket, orbital cavity, orbit The socket head for a socket wrench. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring. The hollow of a candlestick. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network. Synonym: network socket (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Korean: 소켓 (soket) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === socket (third-person singular simple present sockets, present participle socketing, simple past and past participle socketed) To place or fit in a socket. === References === “socket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.