Descriptors might represent a connection to a device, pipe, or a socket for communicating with another process or to a normal file.

描述符可以表示到设备、管道或套接字的连接，这些连接用于与另一个进程或普通文件进行通信。

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Now you need to initialize it, and open the socket for the medical device to connect to.

现在您需要对它进行初始化，并打开 socket 以让医疗设备连接到它。

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Once the buildings are "smartened up" and plugged in to the utility company, customers can check their energy use down to each light, each socket, each device, every appliance.

只要建筑物被“智能起来”，与供电公司连接，用户就可以检查每个电灯、每个装置、每个家用电电器的用电情况。

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The Phone Port adapter plugs into a common electrical wall socket and then connects to any device on your phone line: a plain old phone, a fax machine or even a Caller ID box.

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Next, the user plugs the second adapter into any other wall socket, and then connects it to a device via a second cable.

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Medis' initial Power Pack is designed to be a "socket in your pocket" that will allow cell phone and handheld-device users to recharge their gadgets without plugging into an outlet.

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