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- From: tbenham@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Tom Benham)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Winsock available?
- Message-ID: <VuoXVB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 15:57:42 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.211400.28722@microsoft.com>
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- jallard@microsoft.com (James 'J' Allard) writes:
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- >
- > Windows Sockets is an API specification. A TCP/IP vendor implements the API
- > support via a DLL named "winsock.dll" with characteristics specified in the
- > document. Many vendors are planning support of the Windows Sockets API with
- > their TCP/IP implementations. Since I have seen postings from most of these
- >
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- How is Windows Sockets different than Berkeley Sockets and why do
- we need it? How can one obtain doc?
-
- Tom Benham
-