SocketType

Communication semantics

Values

ValueMeaning
STREAMSOCK_STREAM

Sequenced, reliable, two-way communication-based byte streams

DGRAMSOCK_DGRAM

Connectionless, unreliable datagrams with a fixed maximum length; data may be lost or arrive out of order

RAWSOCK_RAW

Raw protocol access

RDMSOCK_RDM

Reliably-delivered message datagrams

SEQPACKETSOCK_SEQPACKET

Sequenced, reliable, two-way connection-based datagrams with a fixed maximum length

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