socket to me

HI guys.
I need to know something about sockets i.e. what are they and how do I use them, I would be grateful for a small prog and easy to understand so I can use at least one socket.

using c/c++ console app on win95 machine.

thanks for the help.

Do a search on this and the windows board...."How do I do sockets" comes up every week.......

You will find loads of examples and links