FILE: Winsock.exe Windows Socket API Specification Version

ID: Q85965

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SUMMARY

The file Winsock.exe contains the Windows Sockets API Specification version 1.1. Winsock.exe contains Winsock.doc is a Word for Windows version 2.0 document and Winsock.txt is an ASCII-text-format document.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ Winsock.exe (size: 86185 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
These files contain the Windows Sockets API Specification version 1.1, which defines a standard binary interface for tcp/ip transports based on the Berkeley Sockets interface originally in Berkeley UNIX with Windows-specific extensions. This specification has been endorsed by 20 leading companies, and defines the sockets interface in Windows NT. The specification will be supported by various vendors in their upcoming tcp/ip product releases for Windows for MS-DOS.

The Windows Sockets API Specification is contained in a file called WINSOCK (contains ASCII text version) and a file called WINSOCKW (contains a Word for Windows version) which is located in the Microsoft Software Library.

Additional query words: Keywords : kbfile kbnetwork kbAPI kbNTOS310 kbNTOS350 kbNTOS351 kbNTOS400 kbSDKPlatform kbWinOS310 kbWinOS95 kbWinsock kbGrpNet

Last Reviewed: July 31, 1998