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Sockets

Unix domain sockets are bidirectional communication mechanisms that allow processes running within the same host operation system to exchange data. IP (network) sockets are bidirectional communication mechanisms allowing processes running on different hosts to exchange data over the network. Because of simplifying assumptions, UNIX sockets are faster and lighter, so they should be preferred over network sockets when we are sure the process are collocated. They are subject to filesystem permissions. More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_domain_socket, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_socket.