Broken pins on cpu!

I always thought of a socket as consisting of more than one slot. Like power outlet is called a socket, but has 3 slots for the connectors.

Socket A:
http://content.answers.com/main/cont...t_462.saa.jpeg

Socket A type CPU:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/img/200...dual_slant.jpg

Slot:
http://web.syr.edu/~bsabbar/PC-Builder/step4.3.gif