Definitions

SOCKET - same as unsigned int


CHAR   = built-in data type, holds 1 byte

struct WSAData
{
	unsigned short          wVersion;
	unsigned short          wHighVersion;
	char                    szDescription[WSADESCRIPTION_LEN+1]; WSADESCRIPTION_LEN = 256
	char                    szSystemStatus[WSASYS_STATUS_LEN+1]; WSASYS_STATUS_LEN  = 128
	unsigned short          iMaxSockets;
	unsigned short          iMaxUdpDg;
	char FAR *              lpVendorInfo;
};


struct hostent
{
	char * FAR       h_name;
	char FAR * FAR * h_aliases;
	short            h_addrtype;
	short            h_length;
	char FAR * FAR * h_addr_list;
};



struct sockaddr_in
{
	short            sin_family;
	unsigned short   sin_port;
	struct in_addr   sin_addr;
	char             sin_zero[8];
};


struct in_addr
{
	union
	{
		struct
		{
			unsigned char s_b1,s_b2,s_b3,s_b4;
		} S_un_b;

		struct
		{
			unsigned short s_w1,s_w2;
		} S_un_w;

		unsigned long S_addr;
	} S_un;
};