👉 Socket computing is a distributed computing paradigm that leverages networked sockets to enable communication and data exchange between processes or applications running on different machines. It abstracts the underlying network details, allowing developers to focus on application logic rather than the intricacies of network protocols or data serialization. In this model, processes communicate by sending and receiving data packets over sockets, which are essentially endpoints for network communication. This approach supports both synchronous and asynchronous communication, enabling efficient resource sharing and scalable system architectures. By utilizing sockets, socket computing facilitates the creation of robust, flexible, and distributed applications that can dynamically adapt to changing network conditions and scale horizontally or vertically as needed.