Winsock Support in Windows Embedded CE (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The Windows Embedded CE implementation of Winsock provides the following functionality.

Functionality	Description
Support for multiple transport protocols including layered protocols and provider chains	Allows an application to use the Winsock interface to achieve simultaneous access to a number of installed transport protocols.
Sample code for a Layered Service Provider (LSP)	Shows how to create a layered service provider.
Overlapped I/O with scatter/gather	Incorporates the overlapped paradigm for socket I/O and incorporates scatter/gather capabilities as well, following the model established in Microsoft Win32® environments.
Protocol-independent name resolution facilities	Includes a standardized set of functions for querying and working with the many different name resolution domains that exist today.
Winsock Secure Sockets	Enables you to add a security infrastructure to an application using a set of specific Winsock extensions.

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