A socket is one endpoint of a two-way communication link between two programs running on the network.
A socket is a combination of the port number and the IP address, so that the TCP/UDP layer can identify the application that data is destined to be sent to.
Take an example of an apartment building ( World Famous Analogy)
The street address of the building...
What's a Memory Leak?
A memory leak is like a virtual oil leak in your computer.
It will slowly drains the available memory, reducing the amount of free memory the system can use.
Most memory leaks are caused by a program that unintentionally uses up increasing amounts of memory while it is running.
This is typically a gradual process that gets worse as the program remains open. If the...
How to do persistent mounting of a partition over a reboot?
Sometimes, we manually mount a folder but if we do a reboot, it doesn't stay there.
So, How to mount a partition so that it remains persistent over reboot ?
mount --bind /source/folder destination/folder
Type the following in the /etc/fstab file
source/folder destination/folder ...
