What is the difference between UNIX SOCKET and TCP/IP SOCKET?

UNIX SOCKET is an inter-process communication mechanism that allows bidirectional data exchange between process running on the same machine.

IP SOCKET (especially TCP/IP socket) are a mechanism allowing communication between processes over the network.

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Source: serverfault.com


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