accept

<library, networking>

Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned.

Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2).

Last updated: 1994-11-08

Nearby terms:

accelerator ♦ Accent ♦ accept ♦ Acceptable Use Policy ♦ acceptance testing

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