socket question

[noprianto]

Hello

I'm learning python socket programming. As a newbie I
curious this :

- What AF_INET is, what SOCK_STREAM is.
  Have I always using AF_INET and SOCK_STREAM in all
my socket programming using python ? 

- How to open/close port ?

So far.
Thanks.


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