Windows Sockets (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
Windows Sockets (Winsock) for Windows Embedded Compact-based devices supports Winsock 2.2 and includes a set of extensions designed to take advantage of the message-driven nature of Windows Embedded Compact. Most Windows Embedded Compact network communication passes through the Winsock interface.
Winsock client and server applications provide endpoints of communication for network applications. A server application executes, then it waits to receive a packet from the client application. Once communication is established, client and server applications can exchange data. A server application can handle multiple clients simultaneously.
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Winsock client and server applications must be of the same socket type to communicate. For example, they must both be using byte stream sockets that use TCP, or they must both be using unreliable datagram sockets that use UDP.