I''m trying to build an application that uses winsock, or at least hoping to. My original assumption was that I could get straight into winsock programming without much previous background knowledge. Seems I''m wrong. I was wondering if someone could answer this question for me so I might be able to understand the 1st chapter a little better :S

• What is a socket?

http://www.google.com.ar/search?q=%2B%22What+is+a+socket%3F%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=es&meta=

Its just a handle to some internal information about the network connection.

For example, when you open a file, you get a handle. You have no idea what is associated with that pointer, you just use it. Same for Sockets.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/html/