WSAEnumProtocols

E724292

Winsock function

WSAEnumProtocols is a Windows Sockets (Winsock) API function that retrieves information about the network protocols supported by the system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
WSAEnumProtocols canonical	1
WSAEnumProtocolsA	1
WSAEnumProtocolsW	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WSAEnumProtocols
Context triple: [Ws2_32, exportsFunction, WSAEnumProtocols]

A. TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
B. NetBIOS API
The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.
C. NetBIOS over TCP/IP
NetBIOS over TCP/IP is a networking protocol that encapsulates NetBIOS services on top of the TCP/IP stack, enabling name resolution and session services across IP-based networks.
D. Npcap
Npcap is a high-performance packet capture and network monitoring library for Windows, commonly used by tools like Wireshark for low-level network traffic analysis.
E. IPX/SPX
IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WSAEnumProtocols
Target entity description: WSAEnumProtocols is a Windows Sockets (Winsock) API function that retrieves information about the network protocols supported by the system.

A. TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
B. NetBIOS API
The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.
C. NetBIOS over TCP/IP
NetBIOS over TCP/IP is a networking protocol that encapsulates NetBIOS services on top of the TCP/IP stack, enabling name resolution and session services across IP-based networks.
D. Npcap
Npcap is a high-performance packet capture and network monitoring library for Windows, commonly used by tools like Wireshark for low-level network traffic analysis.
E. IPX/SPX
IPX/SPX is a legacy network protocol suite originally developed by Novell for NetWare environments, commonly used in older LANs and early PC gaming before being superseded by TCP/IP.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Winsock function ⓘ
belongsToFamily	Winsock 2 ⓘ linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library
canFilterBy	NULL protocol list to enumerate all ⓘ protocol identifier list ⓘ
category	network programming API ⓘ
definedInHeader	winsock2.h ⓘ
describedIn	Microsoft Win32 API documentation ⓘ linked to: Win32 API
documentationSection	Winsock functions reference ⓘ
errorCondition	WSAEFAULT for invalid buffer pointer ⓘ WSAENOBUFS when buffer is too small ⓘ WSANOTINITIALISED when Winsock not started ⓘ
exportedBy	Ws2_32.dll ⓘ
hasAnsiVariant	WSAEnumProtocolsA ⓘ linked to: WSAEnumProtocols
hasCallingConvention	WINAPI ⓘ
hasParameter	LPDWORD lpdwBufferLength ⓘ LPINT lpiProtocols ⓘ LPWSAPROTOCOL_INFO lpProtocolBuffer ⓘ
hasReturnType	int ⓘ
hasUnicodeVariant	WSAEnumProtocolsW ⓘ linked to: WSAEnumProtocols
introducedIn	Winsock 2 specification ⓘ linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library
partOf	Windows Sockets API ⓘ linked to: Winsock 1.1 API Winsock2 library ⓘ linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library
platform	Windows Server ⓘ Windows desktop ⓘ
relatedFunction	WSACleanup ⓘ WSAGetLastError ⓘ WSASocket ⓘ WSAStartup ⓘ
relatedStructure	WSAPROTOCOL_INFO ⓘ
requiresInitialization	WSAStartup ⓘ
requiresLibrary	Ws2_32.lib ⓘ
returnsOnFailure	SOCKET_ERROR ⓘ
returnsOnSuccess	number of protocols ⓘ
runsOn	Windows operating system ⓘ linked to: Windows
setsErrorCodeIn	WSAGetLastError ⓘ
supportsFeatureDiscovery	maximum message size ⓘ multicast support ⓘ protocol chain information ⓘ quality of service capabilities ⓘ service flags ⓘ
threadSafety	depends on Winsock provider implementation ⓘ
usedFor	discovering supported transport protocols ⓘ enumerating network protocols ⓘ querying installed Winsock service providers ⓘ retrieving protocol capability information ⓘ
usesStructure	WSAPROTOCOL_INFO ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ws2_32 → exportsFunction → WSAEnumProtocols ⓘ

WSAEnumProtocols → hasAnsiVariant → WSAEnumProtocolsA ⓘ

linked to: WSAEnumProtocols

WSAEnumProtocols → hasUnicodeVariant → WSAEnumProtocolsW ⓘ