What (who) is Socket 8 - definition
![An [[engineering sample]] of the Pentium II Overdrive CPU showing the bottom of the unit.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Intel Pentium II Overdrive Engineering Sample.jpg?width=200 "An [[engineering sample]] of the Pentium II Overdrive CPU showing the bottom of the unit.")
Socket 8
<hardware, standard> A physical and electrical specification
for the x86 processor socket matching the pins on a {Pentium
Pro} microprocessor.
Socket 8 uses a dual pattern PGA/SPGA LIF/ZIF socket
with 387 pins, arranged 24x26.
(1999-08-04)
Socket 8
The Socket 8 CPU socket was used exclusively with the Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II Overdrive computer processors. Intel discontinued Socket 8 in favor of Slot 1 with the introduction of the Pentium II and Slot 2 with the release of the Pentium II Xeon in 1999.
Network socket
INTERNAL ENDPOINT FOR SENDING OR RECEIVING DATA WITHIN A NODE ON A COMPUTER NETWORK
Server socket; Server Socket; Raw socket; Raw sockets; Full raw sockets; Ip socket; Datagram socket; Stream socket; Stream Sockets; Datagram Sockets; Internet sockets; Socket pair; Client socket; Socket address; TCP sockets; Network sockets; Rawsocket; Internet socket; Socket API; Socket connection; UDP socket; TCP socket; UDP sockets
A network socket is a software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the network. The structure and properties of a socket are defined by an application programming interface (API) for the networking architecture.
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Socket 8
The Socket 8 CPU socket was used exclusively with the Intel Pentium Pro and Pentium II Overdrive computer processors. Intel discontinued Socket 8 in favor of Slot 1 with the introduction of the Pentium II and Slot 2 with the release of the Pentium II Xeon in 1999.
