Windows Sockets API

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:REST_API
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Winsock
gptkbp:category Network protocols
Application programming interfaces
Windows communication and services
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Microsoft
gptkbp:documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winsock/windows-sockets-start-page
gptkbp:firstReleased 1992
gptkbp:hasComponent gptkb:winsock.dll
gptkb:wsock32.dll
gptkb:ws2_32.dll
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:Berkeley_sockets_API
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion gptkb:Winsock_2.2
2001
gptkbp:license Proprietary
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Microsoft_Windows
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:provides event-driven programming
asynchronous I/O
blocking and non-blocking sockets
overlapped I/O
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:DirectPlay
gptkb:Remote_Procedure_Call_(RPC)
gptkb:NetBIOS
gptkb:Berkeley_sockets
gptkb:Network_Driver_Interface_Specification_(NDIS)
gptkb:Transport_Driver_Interface_(TDI)
gptkb:Windows_Networking_API
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:IETF
gptkbp:supportsProtocol gptkb:Infrared_Data_Association_(IrDA)
gptkb:TCP
gptkb:UDP
gptkb:Bluetooth
gptkb:IPX/SPX
gptkb:DECnet
gptkb:AppleTalk
gptkb:ATM
gptkbp:usedFor network communication
socket programming
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Windows_8
gptkb:Windows_10
gptkb:Windows_11
gptkb:Windows_7
gptkb:Windows_95
gptkb:Windows_98
gptkb:Windows_NT
gptkb:Windows_Vista
gptkb:Windows_XP
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:WINSOCK.DLL
gptkb:Winsock_2_API
gptkb:winsock.dll
gptkb:APIs_for_Windows
gptkb:Winsock_API
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Windows Sockets API