Windows Socket API Specification Version

 Last reviewed: July 5, 1996
Article ID: Q85965
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK), versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

The Windows Sockets API Specification version 1.1 is now available in two formats. WINSOCK.DOC is a Word for Windows, version 2.0, document and WINSOCK.TXT is an ASCII-text-format document.

These files contain the Windows Sockets API Specification version 1.1, which defines a standard binary interface for tcp/ip transports based on the Berkeley Sockets interface originally in Berkeley UNIX with Windows-specific extensions. This specification has been endorsed by 20 leading companies, and defines the sockets interface in Windows NT. The specification will be supported by various vendors in their upcoming tcp/ip product releases for Windows for MS-DOS.

The Windows Sockets API Specification is contained in a file called WINSOCK (contains ASCII text version) and a file called WINSOCKW (contains a Word for Windows version) which is located in the Microsoft Software Library.

Download WINSOCK.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download WINSOCK.EXE (size: 86185 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \softlib\mslfiles directory
      Get WINSOCK.EXE (size: 86185 bytes)

Download WINSOCKW.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:
  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download WINSOCKW.EXE (size: 112064 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \softlib\mslfiles directory
      Get WINSOCKW.EXE (size: 112064 bytes)

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Last reviewed: July 5, 1996
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