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They're called UNIX domain sockets. Just call them UDS.
by eptcyka 4y ago
They're called UNIX domain sockets.
Just call them UDS.
- sph 4y agoOn the most popular UNIX-like operating system, Linux, there's are literally zero references to UDS to mean UNIX domain sockets. $ sudo mandb $ man -K UDS The point is that acronyms that are not context appropriate and/or very uncommon are quite annoying to come across. I guess it was worth saving a dozen bytes not to write the full thing in the first place.