Introduction to Socket Programming

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Introduction to Socket ProgrammingPart I : TCP Clients, Servers; Host informationKeywords: sockets, client-server, network Programming - Socket functions, OSI layering, byte-orderingOutline:1.) Introduction2.) The Client / Server Model3.) The Socket Interface and Features of a TCP connection4.) Byte Ordering5.) Address Structures, Ports, Address conversion functions6.) Outline of a TCP Server7.) Outline of a TCP Client8.) Client-Server communication outline9.) Summary of Socket Functions*****NOTE******This Introduction is not intended to be a thorough and in depth coverage of the sockets API but only togive a general outline of elementary TCP Socket usage.

Introduction to Socket Programming Part I : TCP Clients, Servers; Host information ... The Internet does not strictly obey the OSI model but rather merges several of the protocols layers together. ... be done and this is because sockets where developed a long time ago before things like a void pointer where features in C. So this is how it is done:

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