different between socket vs interposer

English

Etymology

From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout," from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?k?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k?t/
• Rhymes: -?k?t
• Hyphenation: sock?et

Noun

socket (plural sockets)

1. (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

   Synonym: jack

2. (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
3. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
4. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
5. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
6. The hollow of a candlestick.
7. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• WebSocket

Related terms

• ball-and-socket joint

Translations

See also

• outlet

Verb

socket (third-person singular simple present sockets, present participle socketing, simple past and past participle socketed)

1. To place or fit in a socket.
   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,^[1]

     Her head and trunk were carved out of, or rather into, the bole of a great red cedar. She seemed to be part of the tree itself, as if she had grown there at its heart, and the carver had only chipped away the outer wood so that you could see her. Her arms were spliced and socketed to the trunk, and were flung wide in a circling, compelling movement.

References

• socket in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

interpose +? -er

Noun

interposer (plural interposers)

1. One who interposes.
2. An electrical interface between one connection or socket and another, used to spread a connection to a wider pitch or to reroute it.

Anagrams

• presentoir

French

Etymology

inter- +? poser, or an amalgamation between Latin interposu? and pauso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.po.ze/

Verb

interposer

1. (transitive) to interpose

Conjugation

Further reading

• “interposer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).