Editing Socket (section)

==Mechanics==
* [[Socket wrench]], a type of wrench that uses separate, removable sockets to fit different sizes of nuts and bolts
* [[Socket head screw]], a screw (or bolt) with a cylindrical head containing a socket into which the hexagonal ends of an Allen wrench will fit
* Socket termination, a termination used at the ends of [[wire rope#Sockets|wire rope]]
* Socket, the receptacle into which a [[machine taper|tapered tool]] is inserted
* Socket, an opening in any fitting that matches the outside diameter of a pipe or [[tube (fluid conveyance)|tube]]