# Socket

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**Socket** may refer to:

## Mechanics

- [Socket wrench](/source/Socket_wrench), a type of wrench that uses separate, removable sockets to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts
- [Socket head screw](/source/Socket_head_screw), a screw (or bolt) with a cylindrical head containing a socket into which the hexagonal ends of an Allen wrench will fit
- Socket termination, a termination used at the ends of [wire rope](/source/Wire_rope#Sockets)
- Socket, the receptacle into which a [tapered tool](/source/Machine_taper) is inserted
- Socket, an opening in any fitting that matches the outside diameter of a pipe or [tube](/source/Tube_(fluid_conveyance))

## Biology

- [Eye socket](/source/Eye_socket), a region in the skull where the eyes are positioned
- [Tooth socket](/source/Tooth_socket), a cavity containing a tooth, in those bones that bear teeth
- [Dry socket](/source/Dry_socket), an opening as a result of the blood not clotting after a tooth is pulled
- [Ball and socket joint](/source/Ball_and_socket_joint)

## Computing

- [Network socket](/source/Network_socket), an end-point in a communication across a network or the Internet
- [Unix domain socket](/source/Unix_domain_socket), an end-point in local inter-process communication
- socket(), a system call defined by the [Berkeley sockets](/source/Berkeley_sockets) API
- [CPU socket](/source/CPU_socket), the connector on a computer's motherboard for the CPU

## Electrical connectors

- [AC power plugs and sockets](/source/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets), electrical devices used to connect to a power source onto which another device can be plugged or screwed in
- [Antenna socket](/source/Antenna_socket), a female antenna connector for a television cable
- [Jack (connector)](/source/Jack_(connector)), one of several types of electronic connectors
- [Lightbulb socket](/source/Lightbulb_socket), a connector into which a lamp light bulb screws

## Other uses

- [Socket (telecommunications)](/source/Socket_(telecommunications)), a US based Internet and phone service provider
- [*Socket* (video game)](/source/Socket_(video_game)), a video game created by Vic Tokai on the Sega Genesis
- [*Socket* (film)](/source/Socket_(film)), a 2007 film

## See also

- [IC socket (disambiguation)](/source/IC_socket_(disambiguation))
- [Websocket](/source/WebSocket)

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