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What is Winsock?

April 26, 2017Winsock

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What is Winsock?

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A. Winsock is the supporting program interface between a Windows Operating System and any Internet application. Winsock is the Microsoft Windows version of a socket application (hence the name “Winsock). This program runs “between” your Internet application, such as a browser or email client, and the networking component TCP/IP protocol. Since Winsock operates “between” the Internet application and the TCP/IP protocol, it can cause data transfer issues without the user knowing of any problem. Typically, you will find Winsock errors after all other forms of troubleshooting an Internet connection problem have been exhausted.