Usually means: Interface for connecting two programs.
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We found 51 dictionaries that define the word socket:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. socket: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. socket: Merriam-Webster
  3. socket: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. socket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. socket: Collins English Dictionary
  6. socket: Vocabulary.com
  7. Socket, socket: Wordnik
  8. socket: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. socket: Wiktionary
  10. socket: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. socket: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. socket: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. socket: Dictionary.com
  14. socket: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. socket: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Socket (film), Socket (telecommunications), Socket (video game), Socket: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Socket: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. socket: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. socket: Rhymezone
  20. socket: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. socket: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. socket: FreeDictionary.org
  23. socket: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. socket: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Socket: Glossary of Health Care Terms
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. socket: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. socket: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. Socket, socket: CCI Computer
  4. Socket: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  5. Socket: Linktionary Networking Glossary
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. socket: Hacking Lexicon
  8. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Technopedia (No longer online)
  10. socket: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. socket: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. socket: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SOCKET: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. socket: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Socket: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. socket: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Landscape Irrigation Terms (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
▸ noun:  (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
▸ noun:  (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
▸ noun:  (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
▸ noun:  A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
▸ noun:  The hollow of a candlestick.
▸ noun:  A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.
▸ verb:  To place or fit in a socket.

Similar:
plug, sock, connector, pocket, wall plug, lampholder, point, plugpoint, keyway, ring, more...

Opposite:
plug, outlet, receptacle

Types:
Edison, screw, bayonet, Edison screw, Edison bayonet, Edison screw socket, more...

Phrases:
eye socket, socket joint, wall socket, socket wrench, tooth socket, more...

Adjectives:
empty, new, bony, dry, electric, deep, light, and, electrical, open, pin

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Similar:
plug, sock, connector, pocket, wall plug, lampholder, point, plugpoint, keyway, ring, more...

Opposite:
plug, outlet, receptacle

Types:
Edison, screw, bayonet, Edison screw, Edison bayonet, Edison screw socket, more...

Phrases:
eye socket, socket joint, wall socket, socket wrench, tooth socket, hip socket, dry socket, socket head, electric socket, electrical socket, socket wrenches, socket outlet, Tube socket, socket set, meter socket, more...

Adjectives:
empty, new, bony, dry, electric, deep, light, and, electrical, open, pin

Colors:
    gray,     black,     white,     silver,     blue, more...



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