Windows Sockets (WinSock)
(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
Specifications
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Windows Sockets: An Open Interface for Network Programming under
Microsoft Windows, Version 1.1, 20 January 1993.
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Windows Sockets 2 Application Programming Interface: An Interface for
Transparent Network Programming Under Microsoft Windows, Revision 2.08,
May 19, 1995 (Provisional).
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Windows Sockets 2 Service Provider Interface: A Service Provider Interface
for Transparent Network Programming under Microsoft Windows, Revision 2.0.6,
February 1, 1995 (Draft).
Books
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Developing for the Internet with Winsock; Dave Roberts; Coriolis Group Books,
1995.
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Inside Windows Sockets; L. Coombs; Microsoft Press, 1998.
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Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III: Client-Server Programming and
Applications, Windows Sockets Version; Douglas E. Comer and David L.
Stevens; Prentice-Hall, 1997.
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Network Programming with Windows Sockets; Pat Bonner; Prentice Hall, 1996.
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Programming WinSock; Arthur Dumas;
Sams Publishing, 1995.
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Windows Network Programming; Ralph Davis; Addison-Wesley, 1993 (Chapter 6: The
Windows Sockets API).
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Windows Sockets Network Programming; Bob Quinn and Dave Shute;
Addison-Wesley, 1996.
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WinSock 2.0: Developing Robust Network Applications for Windows; Lewis
Napper; IDG Books, 1997.
Periodical Articles
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"Plugging into TCP/IP with Windows Sockets", Windows/DOS Developers
Journal 3:12 Dec 1992.
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"Untangling the Windows Sockets API", DDJ #197 Feb 1993.
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"Windows Sockets - Get Plugged in to Serious Network Programming",
MSJ Jul 1993.
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"Windows Sockets: Where Necessity is the Mother of Re-Invention",
ConneXions 7:9 Sep 1993.
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"Windows Sockets", UR 12:11 Oct 1994 pgs 37-44.
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"Write an NT WinSock Service", BYTE 19:12 Dec 1994 pgs 89-100.
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"Winsock Brings Harmony to Net Apps", PCM 14:13 Jul 1995 pg 31.
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"WinSock 2 Enhances Connectivity", BYTE 20:8 Aug 1995 pg 30.
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"What's New In WinSock 2?", UR 13:11 Oct 1995 pgs 41-48.
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"Windows-to-Unix Sockets", PCM 16:4 Feb 18 1997 pgs 173-177.
Web Pages and Websites
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Wikipedia article "Winsock".