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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _init_socket(self):
        '''Initialises the socket used for communicating with a q service,'''
        try:
            self._connection = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            self._connection.connect((self.host, self.port))
            self._connection.settimeout(self.timeout)
            self._connection_file = self._connection.makefile('b')
        except:
            self._connection = None
            self._connection_file = None
            raise