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Windows* Sockets 2Application Programming Interface An Interface for Transparent Network Programming Under Microsoft WindowsTM Revision 2.2.2 August 7, 1997 ( Subject to Change Without Notice  Disclaimer and License THIS SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION OR SAMPLE. A LICENSE IS HEREBY GRANTED TO REPRODUCE THIS SPECIFICATION, BUT ONLY IN ITS ENTIRETY AND WITHOUT MODIFICATION. NO OTHER LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IS GRANTED HEREIN. INTEL, MICROSOFT, STARDUST, AND THE OTHER COMPANIES WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED BELOW DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION IN THIS SPECIFICATION. SAID COMPANIES DO NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT SUCH IMPLEMENTATION(S) WILL NOT INFRINGE SUCH RIGHTS. * Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Table of Contents 1. Introduction i 1.1. Intended Audience i 1.2. Document Organization i 1.3. Status of This Specification i 1.4. Document Version Conventions i 1.5. New And/Or Different in Version 2.2.1 i 1.6. New And/Or Different in Version 2.2.2 i 2. Summary of New Concepts, Additions and Changes for WinSock 2 i 2.1. WinSock 2 Architecture i 2.1.1. Simultaneous Access to Multiple Transport Protocols i 2.1.2. Backwards Compatibility For WinSock 1.1 Applications i . Source Code Compatibility i . Binary Compatibility i 2.2. Making Transport Protocols Available To WinSock i 2.2.1. Layered Protocols and Protocol Chains i 2.2.2. Using Multiple Protocols i 2.2.3. Multiple Provider Restrictions on select() i 2.3. Function Extension Mechanism i 2.4. Debug and Trace Facilities i 2.5. Protocol Independent Name Resolution i 2.6. Overlap