What is the difference between lscpu Socket and networking Socket?

Question

lscpu output looks like-

Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                4
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 69
Stepping:              1
CPU MHz:               1200.093
BogoMIPS:              3392.08
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              3072K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3

The output shows the pc has 1 socket and 2 cores per socket. Probably this socket is not networking socket.

Answer 1

You’re right! The socket in lscpu’s output refers to the physical socket which the processor package sits in, on the motherboard; a networking socket typically refers to BSD sockets.

Answer 2

lscpu does not list networking sockets. As per the above output there is 1 socket and it has 2 cores and each core has 2 CPUs.