# Socket components

| [tSocketInput](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/socket/tsocketinput) | Opens the socket port and listens for the incoming data. |
| --- | --- |
| [tSocketOutput](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/socket/tsocketoutput) | Sends out the data from the incoming flow to a listening socket port. |