TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills you need to develop sophisticated and powerful networked-based programs using sockets. Written by two experienced networking instructors, this book provides a series of examples that demonstrate basic sockets techniques for clients and servers. Using plenty of real-world examples, this book is a complete beginner"s guide to socket programming and a springboard to more advanced networking topics, including multimedia protocols. Note: This title was formerly known as Pocket Guide to TCP/IP Socket Programming in C, ISBN 1-55860-686-6. For example code from the text, Winsock adaptations of text code, sample programming exercises and more, click on the grey "Companion Site" button to the right. *Concise, no-nonsense explanations of issues often troublesome for beginners, including message construction and parsing. ...