The Windows Sockets specification defines a network programming interface for Microsoft Windows [1] which is based on the "socket" paradigm popularized in the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) from the University of California at Berkeley. It encompasses both familiar Berkeley socket style routines and a set of Windows-specific extensions designed to allow the programmer to take advantage of the message- driven nature of Windows. The Windows Sockets Specification is intended to provide a single API to which application developers can program and multiple network software vendors can conform. Furthermore, in the context of a particular version of Microsoft Windows, it defines a binary interface (ABI) such that an application written to the Windows Sockets API can work with a conformant protocol implementation from any network software vendor. This specification thus defines the library calls and associated semantics to which an application developer can program and which a network software vendor can implement. Network software which conforms to this Windows Sockets specification will be considered "Windows Sockets Compliant". Suppliers of interfaces which are "Windows Sockets Compliant" shall be referred to as "Windows Sockets Suppliers". To be Windows Sockets Compliant, a vendor must implement 100% of this Windows Sockets specification. Applications which are capable of operating with any "Windows Sockets Compliant" protocol implementation will be considered as having a "Windows Sockets Interface" and will be referred to as "Windows Sockets Applications". This version of the Windows Sockets specification defines and documents the use of the API in conjunction with the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS, generally referred to as TCP/IP). Specifically, all Windows Sockets implementations support both stream (TCP) and datagram (UDP) sockets. While the use of this API with alternative protocol stacks is not precluded (and is expected to be the subject of future revisions of the specification), such usage is beyond the scope of this version of the specification.

Linux произносится как 'Линукс, с ударением на первом слоге. Linux - это современная POSIX-совместимая и Unix-подобная операционная система для персональных компьютеров и рабочих станций. Это многопользовательская сетевая операционная система с сетевой оконной графической системой X Window System. ОС Linux поддерживает стандарты открытых систем и протоколы сети Internet и совместима с системами Unix, DOS, MS Windows. Все компоненты системы, включая исходные тексты, распространяются с лицензией на свободное копирование и установку для неограниченного числа пользователей. ОС Linux широко распространена на платформах Intel PC 386/486/Pentium/Pentium Pro и завоевывает позиции на ряде других платформ (DEC AXP, Power Macintosh и др.). Разработка ОС Linux выполнена Линусом Торвалдсом (Linus Torvalds) из университета Хельсинки и не поддающейся подсчету обширной командой из тысяч пользователей сети Internet, сотрудников исследовательских центpов, фондов, унивеpситетов и т.д.

This is the best OS book i have evern seen, really deserve 5+ starts. It gives many design issues/ideas of real exist OSes which helped me greatly. If you are really interested in OS or do some creative design job, this book is a must see. It seems next edition of this book will be unleashed next February. But what i concern is next editon may be delayed, because there are really too much new things these years, Linux 2.6 ... And I hope next edition will have some introduction to Windows Kernel. I am a UNIX fan, but you see, Windows conquer the PCs desktop, it surely has some shining points

Вы в лабиринте узких извивающихся ходов, да еще и похожих друг на друга. Перед вами маячит одна из наиболее сложных и до жути страшных систем, из когда-либо написанных живыми существами. Linux - это операционная система, свободнораспространяемая или короче - free, относящаяся к семейству "клону" UNIX для персональных компьютеров, созданная сумбурной командой UNIX-экспертов, хакеров и случайно прибившихся к этой честной компании еще более подозрительных личностей. Хотя система невольно отражает эту тяжелую наследственность, и хотя процесс создания Linux выглядел как дезорганизованные усилия добровольцев, система получилась на удивление мощной, быстрой и бесплатной. Это блестящее решение в классе 32-разрядных операционных систем. Лично мое знакомство с Linux началось несколько лет назад, когда я задумался, как инсталлировать единственный "дистрибутив" Linux, существовавший в то время - пара дискет, подготовленных H.J. Lu. Я сбросил кучу файлов и стал читать, страница за страницей, неряшливо подготовленную инструкцию по инсталляции. Каким-то образом мне удалось инсталлировать эту базовую систему и заставить все вместе работать. Это было задолго до того, как стало возможно приобрести Linux у дистрибуторов всего мира на CD-ROM. Еще до того, когда сам Linux научился обращаться к CD-ROM. Это было до XFree86, до Emacs, до организации коммерческого сопровождения, до того, как Linux стал действительным соперником MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows и OS/2 на рынке операционных систем персональных компьютеров. Вы держите в своих собственных руках карту и путеводитель в мире Linux. Я надеюсь, что эта книга поможет вам в приятном путешествии по тому, что я считаю быстрейшей и самой мощной операционной системой для персональных компьютеров. Установить свой собственный Linux - это может быть само по себе большим удовольствием, так что берите чашку кофе, садитесь и начинайте читать. И для меня тоже чашечку, раз уж вы этим занялись. Я ведь уже давно тут, в Linux, живу.

This book shows you how you can add "send," "speak," and "dial" to your Windows applications and how you can build complete, full-featured e-mail, voice, and telephony applications using Visual Basic, C++ or other VBA-compliant languages. You'll also find detailed reference information on the Messaging, Speech and Telephony API services, recommended hardware, third-party development tools, and tips on how to integrate your applications into Microsoft Exchange server. Michael Amundsen works as an IS Consulting and Training Specialist for Design-Synergy Corporation, a consulting and project management firm specializing in information technology services. He has earned Microsoft certifications for Windows, Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Microsoft Exchange Server. Mike's work takes him to sites in the US and Europe where he teaches Windows programming and helps companies develop and manage Windows-based client/server solutions.

Сегодня легко отыскивать недостатки в архитектуре Microsoft Windows 3.x, которая создавалась в те времена, когда наиболее распространенными были процессоры 286 и ОЗУ малой емкости. Но стоит также вспомнить, что значила Windows 3.x для персонального компьютера: усовершенствованный графический интерфейс пользователя, "невидимое" управление памятью, масштабируемые шрифты и унифицированная модель воспроизведения изображений, многозадачность и 32-разрядные драйверы виртуальных устройств (VxD) - мы перечислили лишь наиболее важные нововведения. В этой статье мы рассмотрим достоинства и недостатки архитектуры Windows 3.x и 32-разрядных операционных систем, готовых прийти ей на смену.

Access Real mode from Protected mode; Protected mode from Real mode Apply OOP concepts to assembly language programs Interface assembly language programs with high-level languages Achieve direct hardware manipulation and memory access Explore the archite Readers explore the architectural details of Windows at the system level. This book provides the how-to information and example code advanced developers need for the full range of 16- and 32-bit systems-level programming.

Features detailed information on database programming, including ODBC and client/server technology. Covers hot new Internet and object-oriented programming features. Teaches beginning- and intermediate-level programmers how to write for the Microsoft Windows operating system using the Visual Basic programming environment.If you have chosen Visual Basic as your programming tool, let me be the first to congratulate you. Visual Basic is by far the most popular programming tool in history, and there are a lot of good reasons for this popularity. When Visual Basic was originally introduced, it was the first development tool that took Windows programming out of the realm of the specialist and brought it to a level where normal, intelligent people could get something useful done. The ideas of drag-and-drop interface design and event-driven programming are almost universal now, but Visual Basic was the first to make them available to the general programmer. There are plenty of Visual Basic imitators now, and some of them are quite good. In my opinion—and I am not alone—Visual Basic is still the leader of the pack when it comes to Windows development tools. You have made a wise choice.

Welcome to Visual C++. Over the next 21 days, you will learn how to use the features that Microsoft has built into its C++ development environment to enable you to create very advanced applications for the Windows and NT platforms. When Microsoft's developers first came up with the idea behind Visual C++, they decided to take their world-class C++ compiler and create a development environment and set of tools that would enable developers to create Windows applications with a level of ease and speed that was unheard of among C++ development environments. Since that first version, Microsoft has continued to improve the tools that are a part of Visual C++ to make it even easier to create Windows applications. As Microsoft has introduced new technologies into the Windows platforms, it has also introduced tools into the Visual C++ suite to make it easy to integrate these new technologies into your applications.

This book shows you how to write programs that run under Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, and Windows NT 5.0. These programs are written in the C programming language and use the native Windows application programming interfaces (APIs). As I'll discuss later in this chapter, this is not the only way to write programs that run under Windows. However, it is important to understand the Windows APIs regardless of what you eventually use to write your code.

The newly updated and expanded second edition of this acclaimed title covers 32-bit development for all Microsoft(r) Windows platforms, including Windows 2000, using the Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC). Aimed at developers who wish to capitalize on advances in the MFC for rapid, object-oriented programming, the book delves into MFC basics, progresses to the document/view architecture, then addresses advanced topics including ActiveX(r), OLE, and COM. Author Jeff Prosise once again sets the standard in describing the art of writing MFC-based Windows applications with his clear and comprehensive treatment of concepts and techniques. Readers will discover how to produce incredible functionality with little new code by appropriating MFC code from the class library. They'll also find sample programs and executables on the book's CD-ROM to further fuel their own projects.

An update to a bestselling, practical Windows programming guide, this title is a comprehensive inside look at the Windows 2000 and 64-bit Windows environments. It provides detailed system information that's unavailable elsewhere, including architectural and implementation details and sample code.

This is the Winsock Programmer's FAQ, a more-or-less official continuation of the original FAQ by Mark Towfiq et al. This FAQ will try to answer the most commonly-asked questions on the alt.winsock.programming and comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock newsgroups.

How important is user interface design? A poorly executed interface can frustrate users--and cost your organization time and money--while an effective design can improve productivity by helping users get their work done. So what makes good interfaces good and bad interfaces bad? Which design choices can improve the user's experience with a program? Emphasizing practical results over theory, this concise, Windows-focused handbook distills industry best practices and the author's 25 years of software development expertise into straightforward and effective methods you can apply right now to create more usable--user-driven--software. Book jacket.

DESIGNING COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT is an invaluable primer on writing a distributed application using Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Distributed interNet Architecture (DNA). It begins by providing essential overviews of the technologies that make Windows DNA viable: COM, the standard for component creations; OLE DB and ADO, the ingredients that deliver universal data access; Active Server Pages (ASP), for integration and presentation; Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), the server side of the equation and the key to scalability; and MSMQ, the messaging services that extend MTS for the enterprise.

Create professional-quality applications, components, and user interfaces faster and more efficiently than ever with the powerful object-oriented programming capabilities in the Visual Basic 6.0 development system. From Windows® common controls to data access, Internet, and ActiveX® programming, this book covers core development topics for version 6.0—providing insightful explanations and expertly rendered examples for rapid acceleration of your Win32® productivity.

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