Winsock 1.1 API

E724294

Windows networking interface networking API socket API

Winsock 1.1 API is an early Windows networking interface that provides standardized socket-based communication capabilities for TCP/IP and other network protocols.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Windows Sockets 1.1	3
Windows Sockets 1.1 specification	1
Windows Sockets API	1
Windows Sockets specification	1
Winsock 1.0 API	1
Winsock 1.1	1
Winsock 1.1 API canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288429 — 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: Winsock 1.1 API
Context triple: [Ws2_32, backwardCompatibleWith, Winsock 1.1 API]

A. Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
B. Win16 API
Win16 API is the 16-bit Windows application programming interface used by early versions of Microsoft Windows (such as Windows 3.x) for software development before the transition to 32-bit systems.
C. 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.
D. Windows SDK
Windows SDK is Microsoft's official collection of tools, headers, libraries, and documentation used by developers to build applications for the Windows operating system.
E. WinPcap
WinPcap is a Windows packet capture and network monitoring library that provides low-level network access for tools like Wireshark.
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: Winsock 1.1 API
Target entity description: Winsock 1.1 API is an early Windows networking interface that provides standardized socket-based communication capabilities for TCP/IP and other network protocols.

A. Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
B. Win16 API
Win16 API is the 16-bit Windows application programming interface used by early versions of Microsoft Windows (such as Windows 3.x) for software development before the transition to 32-bit systems.
C. 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.
D. Windows SDK
Windows SDK is Microsoft's official collection of tools, headers, libraries, and documentation used by developers to build applications for the Windows operating system.
E. WinPcap
WinPcap is a Windows packet capture and network monitoring library that provides low-level network access for tools like Wireshark.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Windows networking interface ⓘ networking API ⓘ socket API ⓘ
basedOn	Berkeley sockets API ⓘ linked to: BSD sockets API
conformsTo	Windows Sockets 1.1 specification ⓘ linked to: Winsock 1.1 API
dll	wsock32.dll ⓘ
era	early 1990s ⓘ
follows	Winsock 1.0 API ⓘ linked to: Winsock 1.1 API
headerFile	winsock.h ⓘ
library	wsock32.lib ⓘ
limitedFeatureComparedTo	Winsock 2.0 API ⓘ linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library
operatingSystem	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows
partOf	Windows Sockets specification ⓘ linked to: Winsock 1.1 API
precedes	Winsock 2.0 API ⓘ linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library
providesErrorReporting	WSAGetLastError ⓘ
providesFunction	WSACleanup ⓘ WSAGetLastError ⓘ WSAStartup ⓘ accept ⓘ bind ⓘ closesocket ⓘ connect ⓘ gethostbyaddr ⓘ gethostbyname ⓘ getprotobyname ⓘ getservbyname ⓘ listen ⓘ recv ⓘ select ⓘ send ⓘ socket ⓘ
requiresCleanupCall	WSACleanup ⓘ
requiresInitializationCall	WSAStartup ⓘ
standardizes	socket-based communication on Windows ⓘ
supportsAddressFamily	AF_INET ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage	C ⓘ C++ ⓘ
supportsProtocol	IPPROTO_TCP ⓘ IPPROTO_UDP ⓘ
supportsProtocolFamily	IP ⓘ TCP/IP ⓘ UDP ⓘ
supportsSocketType	SOCK_DGRAM ⓘ SOCK_STREAM ⓘ
usedFor	network client applications on Windows ⓘ network server applications on Windows ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Ws2_32 → backwardCompatibleWith → Winsock 1.1 API ⓘ

Windows Sockets 2 → follows → Windows Sockets 1.1 ⓘ

subject linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

Windows Sockets 2 → replaces → Windows Sockets 1.1 ⓘ

subject linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

Windows Sockets 2 → backwardCompatibleWith → Windows Sockets 1.1 ⓘ

subject linked to: Windows Sockets 2 library

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

WSAAsyncSelect → definedIn → Winsock 1.1 ⓘ

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

WSAEnumProtocols → partOf → Windows Sockets API ⓘ

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

Winsock 1.1 API → partOf → Windows Sockets specification ⓘ

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

Winsock 1.1 API → follows → Winsock 1.0 API ⓘ

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

Winsock 1.1 API → conformsTo → Windows Sockets 1.1 specification ⓘ

linked to: Winsock 1.1 API

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Referenced by (9)

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