Types used in networking¶

Simple types¶

Type	Size	Range
char	1	-128 to 127
byte	1	0 to 255
short	2	–32,768 to 32,767
ushort	2	0 to 6,535
int	4	–2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647
uint	4	0 to 4,294,967,295
float	4	3.4E +/- 38 (7 digits)

See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s3f49ktz.aspx

Compound types¶

string¶

Size	Type	Name	Desc
`2`	ushort	Length	Length of the string
`*`	char	Text	Text of the string in ASCII