... assign the socket to a particular port on the host The server then uses the listen( ) and accept( ) routines to establish communication on that port On the other end, the client also uses the socket( ... then converses with the client using whatever protocol they agree on (e.g., HTTP, NNTP, SMTP, etc.) Initially, the server uses the socket( ) system call to create the socket, and the bind( ) call ... the flow of a sockets transaction Figure 4-1 Socket calls Using the Socket Calls The socket library is part of the standard Perl distribution Include the socket module like this: use Socket; Table...