lsof -i :80

COMMAND     PID  USER   FD   TYPE  DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME

gnome-pan 28597 murat   18u  IPv4 2907888      0t0  TCP ....

gnome-pan 28597 murat   19u  IPv4 2907903      0t0  TCP ....

dropbox   28624 murat   18u  IPv4 2755213      0t0  TCP ...

When i list open files with -i switch i found out that some processes have the same fd's.For example above output, 28597 and 28624 pid's have the same fd's.That means these process can reach the same memory space.What is the reason for this ? How can they reach the same area and why ? Also what's the meaning of u (18u) ? Some fd's are end up with w.