This edition has better support for storage area networks ( SANs ) : It features a service which uses Windows sockets to emulate TCP / IP communication over native SAN service providers, thereby allowing a SAN to be accessed over any TCP / IP channel.
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But the latest release of Netcruiser ( 1.6 ) meets the widely used Windows Sockets Application Programming Interface, or Winsock for short, which means that once you establish your connection you can run Netscape, the premier Web browser from Netscape Communications Corp ., and other Winsock-compliant software.
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If you are using Windows Sockets, then you could just collect the chunks of data you need, and then close the socket once you have all the information you want ( using Winsock, data comes back as packets, which you can choose drop if not required ).
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But the latest release of Netcruiser ( 1 . 6 ) meets the widely used Windows Sockets Application Programming Interface, or Winsock for short, which means that once you establish your connection you can run Netscape, the premier Web browser from Netscape Communications Corp ., and other Winsock-compliant software.
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Prior to starting Project 529, Allard was Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft . He also oversaw Microsoft's first foray into the video game industry, the Xbox, and he is also known to have contributed to the first edition of the specification for the Windows Sockets API, with assistance from many others.