## Generic-function: SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-MAKE-STREAM
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> Find or create a STREAM that can be used for IO on SOCKET (which
> must be connected).  Specify whether the stream is for INPUT, OUTPUT,
> or both (it is an error to specify neither).
> 
> ELEMENT-TYPE and EXTERNAL-FORMAT are as per OPEN.
> 
> TIMEOUT specifies a read timeout for the stream.

### Lambda list
```cl
(sb-bsd-sockets:socket &key sb-bsd-sockets::input sb-bsd-sockets::output
 sb-bsd-sockets::element-type sb-bsd-sockets::external-format sb-bsd-sockets::buffering
 sb-bsd-sockets::timeout sb-bsd-sockets::auto-close sb-bsd-sockets::serve-events)
```