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<h1 class="topictitle1">Socket address family</h1>
<div><p>The address family parameter on a <span class="apiname">socket()</span> determines
the format of the address structure to use on socket functions.</p>
<div class="section"><p>Address family protocols provide the network transportation of
application data from one application to another (or from one process to another
within the same machine). The application specifies the network transport
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
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 />
This address family provides interprocess communications between processes that run on the same system or on different systems.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafinet6.htm">AF_INET6 address family</a></strong><br />
This address family provides support for the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). AF_INET6 address family uses a 128 bit (16 byte) address.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafunix.htm">AF_UNIX address family</a></strong><br />
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>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="cafunixccsid.htm">AF_UNIX_CCSID address family</a></strong><br />
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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