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| Mauwakee 2004-11-20, 7:00 pm |
| I have seen with google how to fix it. Still, what is Winsock? | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-21, 10:46 am |
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Winsock
"Windows Sockets (Winsock) is a TCP/IP extension to the Windows Applications Interface (API). It essentially allows Windows applications to run independently of the hardware underneath. It is just like the device independence you gain with a Windows graphics program -- it can run independently of your video board."
http://support.airmail.net/faq/glossary_mz.php#W
This probably isn't the clearest definition. I suspect Winsock was the forerunner of the HAL which is part of 2k & xp.
I couldn't find the orig. article that I was looking at that descibed it best in how it fits w/ WINS, etc.
Maybe someone can give you a cleaner view.
P.S. This might put winsock a little more in perspective:
microsoft.com
I wish I was able to narrow it down to 3 sentences for you..  | |
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| Mauwakee 2004-11-21, 4:54 pm |
| Thanks | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-21, 7:16 pm |
| I guess a picture's worth a 1000 words. | |
| theprofessor 2004-11-22, 5:27 pm |
| QUOTE]I suspect Winsock was the forerunner of the HAL which is part of 2k & xp.[/QUOTE]
Not quite . Winsock is Microsoft's TCP/IP stack. Winsock is short for Windows Sockets. | |
| sandy7000 2004-11-22, 6:33 pm |
| quote:
It essentially allows Windows applications to run independently of the hardware underneath.
I had a book open defining HAL & thought maybe it was the same.
I'm just a student. Thanks for chiming in. |
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