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I have a structure which unites IP address and port number. What's a proper name for such a thing?
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Transport Layer Protocols The combination of the source and destination IP addresses and the source and destination port numbers is known as a socket. The socket is used to identify the server and service being requested by the client.
Port numbers identify a particular application or service on a system. An IP address identifies a machine in an IP network and determines the destination of a data packet, while port numbers identify particular applications or services on a system.
Define the Port AddressThe port number is “tacked on” to the end of the IP address, for example, “192.168. 1.67:80” shows both the IP address and port number.
socket address is the combination of an IP address and a port number. In networking, a socket is used to allow many processes within a single or different host to use TCP communication simultaneously. The socket is formed by including the IP address with the port number to uniquely identify each separate data stream.
According to Wikipedia, it's called a socket address.
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