socket outside of these abstractions, the user will need to remove it. The same

applies when a Node.js API creates a Unix domain socket but the program then

crashes. In short, a Unix domain socket will be visible in the file system and

will persist until unlinked. On Linux, You can use Unix abstract socket by adding

`\0` to the beginning of the path, such as `\0abstract`. The path to the Unix

abstract socket is not visible in the file system and it will disappear automatically

when all open references to the socket are closed.

On Windows, the local domain is implemented using a named pipe. The path _must_

refer to an entry in `\\?\pipe\` or `\\.\pipe\`. Any characters are permitted,