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<h1 class="topictitle1">Socket address family</h1>
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<div><p>The address family parameter on a <span class="apiname">socket()</span> determines
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the format of the address structure to use on socket functions.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Address family protocols provide the network transportation of
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application data from one application to another (or from one process to another
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within the same machine). The application specifies the network transport
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provider on the protocol parameter of the socket.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>The address family parameter (address_family) on the <span class="apiname">socket()</span> function
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specifies the address structure that is used on the socket functions.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafinet.htm">AF_INET address family</a></strong><br />
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This address family provides interprocess communications between processes that run on the same system or on different systems.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafinet6.htm">AF_INET6 address family</a></strong><br />
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This address family provides support for the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). AF_INET6 address family uses a 128 bit (16 byte) address.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafunix.htm">AF_UNIX address family</a></strong><br />
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This address family provides interprocess communications on the same system that uses the socket APIs. The address is really a path name to an entry in the file system.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafunixccsid.htm">AF_UNIX_CCSID address family</a></strong><br />
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The AF_UNIX_CCSID family is compatible with the AF_UNIX address family and has the same limitations.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="characteristics.htm" title="Sockets share some common characteristics.">Socket characteristics</a></div>
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