ref=#accept><tt>accept</tt></a>
will  block indefinitely,  until the operation completes.  The
<tt>settimeout</tt>  method defines a  limit on the  amount  of   time  the
I/O methods can  block. When a timeout is set and the specified amount of
time has elapsed, the affected methods give up and fail with an error code.
</p>

<p class=parameters>
The amount of time to wait is specified  as  the
<tt>value</tt> parameter, in seconds. There  are two timeout  modes and
both can be used together for fine tuning:
