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Socket Listener

Socket Listener in AppleTak network is the software provided by a socket client to receive datagrams addressed to the socket. Every socket-client application that uses Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP) directly to transfer data must have associated with it a socket listener that receives datagrams addressed to the socket on behalf of that socket's client application.

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Socket Listener