Windows Network API

Berkeley Compatible Sockets function similar to UNIx.  It is implemented in the Winsock libraries, primarily in ws2_32.dll.  Common socket functions:

• socket - create a socket
• bind - attach a socket to a port
• listen - start a socket to listen to a port
• accept - open a connection to a remote socket and accept the connection
• connect - open a connection to a remote socket which is waiting for a connection
• recv - receive data
• send - send data

Prior to use these function, the WSAStartup function must be call to load the network library and allocate resources.

WinINet is a higher level API which implement HTTP and FTP protocols.  It is implemented in Wininet.dll.

• InternetOpen - initialize a connect to Internet
• InternetOpen Url - open a connection to HTTP or FTP site
• InternetReadFile - retrieve a file from the site