bind system call assigns a name to the unnamed socket. Binding an address

Why bind system call is required in socket programming ?
what is it;s Significance ?

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Answer Posted / gaurav tripathi

bind system call assigns a name to the unnamed socket.
Binding an address allows a process to register its address
with the system. This makes it possible for other process to
find it.

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