System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient
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System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient is a .NET class that provides a simple, high-level API for sending and receiving UDP datagrams over the network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient canonical | 1 |
| UdpClient(IPEndPoint localEP) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient Context triple: [System.Net, containsClass, System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient]
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A.
UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
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B.
System.Net
System.Net is a .NET namespace that provides classes for network programming, including HTTP communication, sockets, and other internet protocol support.
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C.
Windows.Networking namespace
The Windows.Networking namespace is a Universal Windows Platform API collection that provides classes and interfaces for network connectivity, communication, and related networking tasks in UWP apps.
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D.
UDT
UDT (Timorese Democratic Union) is a political party in East Timor that played a key role in the country’s independence struggle and later became part of the National Council of Timorese Resistance.
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E.
NET
NET was a U.S. public television network that served as the primary national distributor of educational and cultural programming before being succeeded by PBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient Target entity description: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient is a .NET class that provides a simple, high-level API for sending and receiving UDP datagrams over the network.
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A.
UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
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B.
System.Net
System.Net is a .NET namespace that provides classes for network programming, including HTTP communication, sockets, and other internet protocol support.
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C.
Windows.Networking namespace
The Windows.Networking namespace is a Universal Windows Platform API collection that provides classes and interfaces for network connectivity, communication, and related networking tasks in UWP apps.
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D.
UDT
UDT (Timorese Democratic Union) is a political party in East Timor that played a key role in the country’s independence struggle and later became part of the National Council of Timorese Resistance.
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E.
NET
NET was a U.S. public television network that served as the primary national distributor of educational and cultural programming before being succeeded by PBS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET class
ⓘ
networking API ⓘ sealed class ⓘ |
| assembly | System.dll ⓘ |
| baseClass | System.Object ⓘ |
| canJoinMulticastGroup | true ⓘ |
| connectionModel | connectionless ⓘ |
| defaultAddressFamily | InterNetwork ⓘ |
| disposalPattern | IDisposable ⓘ |
| hasConstructor |
UdpClient()
ⓘ
UdpClient(AddressFamily family) ⓘ UdpClient(IPEndPoint localEP) ⓘ
linked to:
System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient
UdpClient(int port) ⓘ UdpClient(int port, AddressFamily family) ⓘ UdpClient(string hostname, int port) ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
BeginReceive(AsyncCallback, object)
ⓘ
BeginSend(byte[], int, AsyncCallback, object) ⓘ Close() ⓘ Connect(IPAddress, int) ⓘ Connect(IPEndPoint) ⓘ Connect(string, int) ⓘ Dispose() ⓘ DropMulticastGroup(IPAddress) ⓘ EndReceive(IAsyncResult, ref IPEndPoint) ⓘ EndSend(IAsyncResult) ⓘ JoinMulticastGroup(IPAddress) ⓘ JoinMulticastGroup(int, IPAddress) ⓘ Receive(ref IPEndPoint) ⓘ ReceiveAsync() ⓘ Send(byte[], int) ⓘ Send(byte[], int, IPEndPoint) ⓘ Send(byte[], int, string, int) ⓘ SendAsync(byte[], int, IPEndPoint) ⓘ SendAsync(byte[], int, string, int) ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
Active
ⓘ
Available ⓘ Client ⓘ DontFragment ⓘ EnableBroadcast ⓘ ExclusiveAddressUse ⓘ MulticastLoopback ⓘ Ttl ⓘ |
| implements | System.IDisposable ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
.NET Framework 1.1
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| namespace | System.Net.Sockets ⓘ |
| protocol | UDP ⓘ |
| relatedClass |
System.Net.Sockets.Socket
ⓘ
System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient ⓘ |
| reliability | unreliable datagram delivery ⓘ |
| requires | System.Net.Sockets namespace import ⓘ |
| summary | Provides User Datagram Protocol (UDP) network services. ⓘ |
| supportsAddressFamily |
InterNetwork
ⓘ
InterNetworkV6 ⓘ |
| supportsAsyncPattern |
APM (Begin/End)
ⓘ
Task-based async (Async methods) ⓘ |
| supportsBroadcast | true ⓘ |
| supportsFramework |
.NET 5+
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linked to:
.NET (5 and later)
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| supportsMulticast | true ⓘ |
| threadSafety | instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe ⓘ |
| transportLayer | OSI layer 4 ⓘ |
| useCase |
broadcast communication
ⓘ
multicast communication ⓘ receiving UDP datagrams ⓘ sending UDP datagrams ⓘ |
| wraps | System.Net.Sockets.Socket ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient Description of subject: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient is a .NET class that provides a simple, high-level API for sending and receiving UDP datagrams over the network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient