Socket Type#

Stream socket. Provides sequenced, reliable, two-way, connection-based byte streams.

Datagram socket. Supports datagrams (connectionless, unreliable messages of a fixed maximum length).

Raw socket. Provides raw network protocol access. This feature is not supported in the current release.

Reliably-delivered message. Provides a reliable datagram layer that does not guarantee ordering. This feature is not supported in the current release.

Sequenced packet stream. Provides a sequenced, reliable, two-way, connection-based data transmission path for datagrams of fixed maximum length. This feature is not supported in the current release.