HP Rp7410 BSD Sockets Interface Programmer's Guide - Page 187
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Glossary Address family: The address format used to interpret addresses specified in socket operations. The internet address family (AF_INET) is supported. Address: An Interprocess Communication term that refers to the means of labeling a socket so that it is distinguishable from other sockets, and routes to that socket are able to be determined. Advanced Research Projects Agency: A U.S. government research agency that was instrumental in developing and using the original ARPA Services on the ARPANET. Alias: A term used to refer to alternate names for networks, hosts and protocols. This is also an internetwork mailing term that refers an alternate name for a recipient or list of recipients (a mailing list). ARPA: See Advanced Research Projects Agency. ARPA/Berkeley Services: The set of services originally developed for use on the ARPANET (i.e., telnet(1)) or distributed with the Berkeley Software Distribution of UNIX, version 4.3 (i.e., rlogin(1)). ARPANET: The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Association: An Interprocess Communication connection (e.g., a socket) is defined by an association. An association contains the (protocol, local address, local port, remote address, remote port)-tuple. Associations must be unique; duplicate associations on the same system may not exist. Asynchronous Sockets: Sockets set up via ioctl with the FIOASYNC option to be notified with a SIGIO signal whenever a change on the socket occurs. Primarily used for sending and receiving data without blocking. Berkeley Software Distribution: A version of Glossary 187