The Xceed Winsock Library is a COM/ActiveX library designed to offer effortless access to the complete Winsock 2 networking API. It allows you to write efficient, scalable networking code without spending weeks or months developing the low-level code and expertise needed to properly use Winsock 2. The Xceed Winsock Library is the only COM library that lets you write protocol-independent networking code. That means that your applications can automatically work with different protocols as needed - including new and emerging protocols such as IPv6. Gone are the days of IP, UDP or TCP-only programming.