Internet Explorer 3.0 and the Windows Internet Extensions API

Windows 95, OEM Service Release 2 includes Internet Explorer 3.0, which in turn includes the Win32 Internet Functions (WinInet).

WinInet provides a set of abstractions, layered over Windows Sockets, which support programming common operations for Internet protocols.

You can find documentation for WinInet in the Web Workshop. You can find the most current information at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop under Networking, Protocols & Data Formats.