Definition of "socket" []

• An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit: a light-bulb socket. (noun)
• Anatomy The concave part of a joint that receives the end of a bone. (noun)
• Anatomy A hollow or concavity into which a part, such as the eye, fits. (noun)
• To furnish with or insert into a socket. (verb-transitive)

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• "For reasons that I haven't bothered to figure out, the socket module is named _socket in the minipython distribution."
• "For Exchange, five VMs per socket is more often typical."
• "Things to go shopping for in Malaysia: a powerboard where every socket is a universal socket."