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Explain what are listeners and acceptors in Getting Started

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@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ The `cowboy:start_http/4` function starts a listener for HTTP connections
using the TCP transport. The `cowboy:start_https/4` function starts a
listener for HTTPS connections using the SSL transport.
Listeners are a group of processes that are used to accept and manage
connections. The processes used specifically for accepting connections
are called acceptors. The number of acceptor processes is unrelated to
the maximum number of connections Cowboy can handle. Please refer to
the Ranch guide for in-depth information.
Listeners are named. They spawn a given number of acceptors, listen for
connections using the given transport options and pass along the protocol
options to the connection processes. The protocol options must include