Socket objects and URL connection objects both serve communication purposes and can read and write data. URL connections facilitate communication between a URL and the object using its methods, while socket objects utilize methods of the socket type and listen for connections bound to an address. The primary difference lies in the nature of their communication and the types of methods associated with each.

1. What is the difference between a Socket object and a URLConnection object? How are they used
differently, and how are they similar?
Solution
similarities between socket objects and URL conncetion objecct
1)both are used for communication purposes
2)both can read and write the data
differences
URLConnection
1)here communication happens between URL(UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR ) and the
object .
2the methods of URLConnection class forms the object of URLConnection class
sockets:
1)Here the methods are of socket type
2)The socket is bound to an address and listenins for connections