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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 _connect(self):
        "Create a Unix domain socket connection"
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.settimeout(self.socket_timeout)
        sock.connect(self.path)
        return sock