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<p class="name" id="settimeout">
connected:<b>settimeout(</b>value<b>)</b><br>
unconnected:<b>settimeout(</b>value<b>)</b>
</p>

<p class="description">
Changes the timeout values for the object.  By default, the
<a href="#receive"><tt>receive</tt></a> and
<a href="#receivefrom"><tt>receivefrom</tt></a>
operations are blocking. That is, any call to the methods will block
indefinitely, until data arrives.  The <tt>settimeout</tt