ts without knowing much about the communications protocol by which those packets are being transmitted. Also, programs using the Socket library need not know about the hardware communication ports used -- whether communication is being carried out over an IR serial port, a modem, or a network connection -- the API is the same. </P>
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The Socket library supports different &quot;delivery types&quot;-- different levels of reliability in t