1. Windows sockets standard> Winsock A specification for Microsoft Windows network software, describing how applications can access network services, especially TCP/IP. Winsock is intended to provide a single API to which application developers should program and to which multiple network software vendors should conform. For any particular version of Microsoft Windows, it defines a binary interface ABI such that an application written to the Windows Sockets API can work with a conformant protocol implementation from any network software vendor. Winsock was conceived at Fall Interop 91 during a Birds of a Feather session. Windows Sockets is supported by Microsoft Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Win32s, Windows 95 and Windows NT. It will support protocols other than TCP/IP. Under Windows NT, Microsoft will provide Windows Sockets support over TCP/IP and IPX/SPX. DEC will be implementing DECNet. Windows NT will include mechanisms for multiple protocol support in Windows Sockets, both 32-bit and 16 bit. Mark Towfiq said, "The next rev. of Winsock will not be until toward the end of 1993. We need 1. 1 of the API to become firmly settled and implemented first. " Windows Sockets API ftp://sunsite. unc. edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock or ftp://microdyne. com/pub/winsock or send a message "help" to either UNC. Edu> or DEC. Com>. Windows Sockets specification ftp://rhino. microsoft. com. Currently NetManage NEWT, Distinct, FTP and Frontier are shipping Winsock TCP/IP stacks, as is Microsoft Windows NT and TCP/IP for WFW, Beame & Whiteside Software v1. 1 compliant, and Sun PC-NFS. Windows 95 has "dial-up networking" which supports Winsock and TCP/IP. winsock. dll is available from some TCP/IP stack vendors. Novell has one in beta for their Lan Workplace for DOS. Peter Tattam psychol. utas. edu. au> is alpha-testing a shareware Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP stack ftp://ftp. utas. edu. au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winsock. zip and ftp://ftp. utas. edu. au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winpkt. com. The Consummate Winsock App List http://wwwvms. utexas. edu/~Neuroses/cwsapps. html. [Adapted from: Aboba, Bernard D. , comp. protocols. tcp-ip. ibmpc Frequently Asked Questions, 1993 Usenet: news:news. answers ftp://netcom1. netcom. com/pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/]. [Current status?]
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