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<h3 class="section">16.8 Opening and Closing Sockets</h3>
<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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