TCP connection, bash only
exec 5<>"/dev/tcp/${SERVER}/${PORT}"

Bash handles several filenames specially when they are  used
 in redirections, as described in the following table:

      /dev/fd/fd
           If fd is a valid integer, file  descriptor  fd  is
           duplicated.
      /dev/stdin
           File descriptor 0 is duplicated.
      /dev/stdout
           File descriptor 1 is duplicated.
      /dev/stderr
           File descriptor 2 is duplicated.
      /dev/tcp/host/port
           If host is a valid hostname or  Internet  address,
           and  port  is  an  integer  port number or service
           name, bash attempts to open a  TCP  connection  to
           the corresponding socket.
      /dev/udp/host/port
           If host is a valid hostname or  Internet  address,
           and  port  is  an  integer  port number or service
           name, bash attempts to open a  UDP  connection  to
           the corresponding socket.