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(library, networking)accept - Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned.

Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2).


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But he secured silence by declaring that henceforth the Circles would enter on a policy of Concession; yielding to the wishes of the majority, they would accept the Colour Bill.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
As soon as they prove to you, for instance, that you are descended from a monkey, then it is no use scowling, accept it for a fact.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
If Kutuzov decided to retreat along the road from Krems to Olmutz, to unite with the troops arriving from Russia, he risked being forestalled on that road by the French who had crossed the Vienna bridge, and encumbered by his baggage and transport, having to accept battle on the march against an enemy three times as strong, who would hem him in from two sides.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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