Wirking with Sockets in C

method	description
socket ()	creates an endpoint for communication
bind ()	binds a name to a socket
recv (), recvfrom (), recvmsg ()	receives a message from a socket
send (), sendto (), sendmsg ()	sends a message to a socket
socketpair ()	creates a pair of connected sockets
listen ()	listens for connections on a socket
accept ()	accepts a connection on a socket
connect ()	initiates a connection on a socket
htons ()	converts unsigned short integer to network byte order
gethostbyname ()	returns a structure of type hostent for the given host name