27.8. Networking
Windows 2000 supports a wide range of network protocols, drawing on those developed for earlier Microsoft operating systems as well as those which have gained currency within the internet. This section describes the major APIs that are available to an application programmer. In each case instances of the resource are exposed by the executive as objects. However, the interface used by the application program will depend on the environment subsystem that it is using: an interface based on object handles is provided by the Win32 environment whereas one based on file descriptors is exposed to POSIX applications. As usual Solomon and Russinovich (2000) supply further details.
Named pipes
These provide reliable bidirectional communication ...
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