套接字由三部分组成:

IP地址 传输协议 端口号

端口是1到65535之间的数字，表示设备中的逻辑门。 客户端和服务器之间的每个连接都需要一个惟一的套接字。

例如:

1030为端口。 (10.1.1.2, TCP，端口1030)是一个套接字。

I know that there are lot of explanations. But, there is one more easy way to understand with practical example. We all can connect to HTTP port 80, but does it mean only one user can connect to that port at a time?. The answer is obviously 'no'. Multiple users for multiple purposes can access HTTP port 80 but they still get proper response they are waiting for, from the server, can't they?. Now think about it for a minute, how?. Yes you are correct, its IP address that uniquely identifies different users who contacts for different purposes. If you would have read the previous answers before reaching here, you would know that IP address is a part of information that socket consists. Think about it, is it possible to have a communication without sockets?. The answer is 'Yes' but you cannot run more than one application in a port but we know that we are not a 'Dump' switch that runs on just hardware.

在阅读了这些优秀的向上投票的答案后，我发现对于我这个网络编程新手来说，有以下几点需要强调:

TCP-IP连接是连接一个地址:端口组合和另一个地址:端口组合的双向路径。因此，每当您打开从本地计算机到远程服务器上的端口的连接(例如www.google.com:80)时，您也将计算机上的一个新端口号与该连接关联起来，以允许服务器将内容发回给您(例如127.0.0.1:65234)。使用netstat查看你机器的连接是很有帮助的:

> netstat -nWp tcp (on OS X)
Active Internet connections
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)    
tcp4       0      0  192.168.0.6.49871      17.172.232.57.5223     ESTABLISHED
...

套接字是软件中的一种结构。它差不多是一个文件;它有读和写这样的操作。它不是一个物理的东西;它是你的软件引用物理事物的一种方式。

端口是一个类似设备的东西。每台主机都有一个或多个网络(这些是物理网络);主机在每个网络上都有一个地址。每个地址可以有数千个端口。

只有一个套接字可能在某个地址上使用某个端口。套接字分配端口类似于为文件系统I/O分配设备。一旦分配了端口，就没有其他套接字可以连接到该端口。当套接字被关闭时，端口将被释放。

看一下TCP/IP术语。

Socket is an abstraction provided by kernel to user applications for data I/O. A socket type is defined by the protocol it's handling, an IPC communication etc. So if somebody creates a TCP socket he can do manipulations like reading data to socket and writing data to it by simple methods and the lower level protocol handling like TCP conversions and forwarding packets to lower level network protocols is done by the particular socket implementation in the kernel. The advantage is that user need not worry about handling protocol specific nitigrities and should just read and write data to socket like a normal buffer. Same is true in case of IPC, user just reads and writes data to socket and kernel handles all lower level details based on the type of socket created.

端口和IP一起就像给套接字提供一个地址，虽然不是必需的，但它有助于网络通信。

尽可能简单地说，套接字和端口之间没有物理区别，例如PATA和SATA之间的区别。它们只是一些读写网卡的软件。

A port is essentially a public socket, some of which are well-known/well-accepted, the usual example being 80, dedicated to HTTP. Anyone who wants to exchange traffic using a certain protocol, HTTP in this instance, canonically goes to port 80. Of course, 80 is not physically dedicated to HTTP (it's not physically anything, it's just a number, a logical value), and could be used on some particular machine for some other protocol ad libitum, as long as those attempting to connect know which protocol (which could be quite private) to use.

套接字本质上是一个私有端口，为连接方知道但其他人不一定知道的特定目的而建立。底层传输层通常是TCP或UDP，但也不一定非得如此。最基本的特征是两端都知道发生了什么，不管发生了什么。

这里的关键是，当在某个端口上接收到连接请求时，应答握手包括有关为服务特定请求者而创建的套接字的信息。后续通信通过该(私有)套接字连接进行，而不是服务继续侦听连接请求的公共端口连接。