VIsual Basic 6 question...

[Nerd]

What is "Winsock Multi-Socket?"

What exactly is that? What exactly is a socket?

Anyone with answers, please reply, thanks!

 

[imhotepmp]

Winsock is the windows API(application programming interface) which provides access to network services such as TCP(TCP/IP) and UDP. Basically it allows you to make programs which can work over these protocols which are used over the internet.

A good networking tutorial:
Good Networking tutorial here

check it out

Imhotep MP

 

[Argo]

<< What exactly is a socket? >>




Socket is programming represnation of a stream, over which you can send data over network.