When I'm looping through files and coming up with dynamically created Ansible playbooks and stuff like that, I've quite frequently had to work with a single variable that contains the IP and port of something.
Can I refer this as a "socket" or does that name always refer to a handle?
Is it better just to refer to the thing as $ip_and_port or $address_and_port or $host_and_port?
You could call it an address generically, or a socket address.
From Wikipedia, "A socket address is the combination of an IP address and a port number."
IP is actually a transport layer protocol. It assigns a unique address to your system which is referred to as IP address.
Host is a machine which provides you some services.
Port is like a door through which your system communicates to outer world.
Socket is the interface between your system and network. Just like an electrical switch. This is where your network ends and your system begins physically.
