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 | <h3 class="section">16.8 Opening and Closing Sockets</h3> | 
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 | <p>This section describes the actual library functions for opening and | 
 | closing sockets.  The same functions work for all namespaces and | 
 | connection styles. | 
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 | <li><a accesskey="1" href="Creating-a-Socket.html#Creating-a-Socket">Creating a Socket</a>:            How to open a socket.  | 
 | <li><a accesskey="2" href="Closing-a-Socket.html#Closing-a-Socket">Closing a Socket</a>:             How to close a socket.  | 
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