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-.TH SOCKET 7 2010-06-13 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SOCKET 7 2012-04-23 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
socket \- Linux socket interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP
.B SO_BROADCAST
Set or get the broadcast flag.
-When enabled, datagram sockets
-receive packets sent to a broadcast address and they are allowed to send
+When enabled, datagram sockets are allowed to send
packets to a broadcast address.
This option has no effect on stream-oriented sockets.
.TP