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SkillArea overview
Reference · liveskill-area:socket-programming
Socket Programming overview
Low-level socket APIs — TCP/UDP socket lifecycle, non-blocking I/O, multiplexing (select, poll, epoll, kqueue, io_uring, IOCP), connection management, and platform-specific networking quirks.
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displayName
Socket Programming
description
Low-level socket APIs — TCP/UDP socket lifecycle, non-blocking I/O,
multiplexing (select, poll, epoll, kqueue, io_uring, IOCP),
connection management, and platform-specific networking quirks.
domains
expertiseLevels
- intermediate
- expert
Outgoing edges
applies_to1
- specialization:network-programming·Specialization
prerequisite_for_learning1
- skill-area:protocol-design·SkillAreaNetwork Protocol Design
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- lib-process:network-programming--event-driven-socket-handler·LibraryProcessspecializations/network-programming/event-driven-socket-handler
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- lib-process:network-programming--http-proxy-server·LibraryProcessspecializations/network-programming/http-proxy-server
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- lib-skill:network-programming--proxy-server·LibrarySkillproxy-server
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- lib-skill:network-programming--socket-programming·LibrarySkillsocket-programming
- lib-skill:network-programming--tls-security·LibrarySkilltls-security
- lib-skill:network-programming--websocket·LibrarySkillwebsocket
prerequisite_for_learning1
- skill-area:network-protocol-implementation·SkillAreaNetwork Protocol Implementation
requires_expertise1
- role:protocol-engineer·RoleProtocol Engineer