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Winsocknoun
The Windows interface to TCP/IP
Etymology: Windows sockets
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Winsock
In computing, the Windows Sockets API, which was later shortened to Winsock, is a technical specification that defines how Windows network software should access network services, especially TCP/IP. It defines a standard interface between a Windows TCP/IP client application and the underlying TCP/IP protocol stack. The nomenclature is based on the Berkeley sockets API model used in BSD for communications between programs. Initially, all the participating developers resisted the shortening of the name to Winsock for a long time, since there was much confusion among users between the API and the DLL library file which only exposed the common WSA interfaces to applications above it. Users would commonly believe that only making sure the DLL file was present on a system would provide full TCP/IP protocol support.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WINSOCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WINSOCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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