Definitions for "Windows Sockets"
A Windows implementation of the widely used University of California-Berkeley Sockets API. Winsock is a networking API used to create TCP/IP-based sockets applications. Winsock provides interfaces between applications and the transport protocol, and works as a bidirectional connection for incoming and outgoing data.
Windows Sockets is a Windows implementation of the widely used UC Berkeley Sockets API. The Windows Sockets API is a networking API used by programmers to create TCP/IP–based sockets applications. Microsoft TCP/IP, NWLink, and AppleTalk® protocols use this interface. Windows Sockets provides interfaces between programs and the transport protocol and works as a bidirectional pipe for incoming and outgoing data. Also called WinSock API. See also application programming interface.
A standard specification for designing interprocess communications between computers running applications that utilize TCP/IP networking. See also socket.