steps for client socket connection 1. create a client socket 2. connect with server 3 read and wirte data steps for socket server connection 1.create a sockets system call 2.bind the socket to an address using the bind() 3.listen for connection with the listen system call 4.Accept the system call with Accept() 5.send and receive call using read and write two socket can connect if there address domain and the socket type are same and should b same domain. there are two most used address domains one is unix domain and another is internet domain in which two processes runinf on any two hosts on the internet communicate.each of these has its own address format. in unix Domain address of a socket in character string format which is basically an entry in the file system. the address of a socket in internet domain consist of the internet address of the host machine (every computer on the internet has a unique 32 bit address ,often refered to a its IP address) In addit...