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4Networking and Interprocess Communication
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7The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for
8networking and inter-processes communication.
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10Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g.
11:mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`.  Other modules support networking protocols
12that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines.
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14The list of modules described in this chapter is:
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17.. toctree::
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20   asyncio.rst
21   socket.rst
22   ssl.rst
23   select.rst
24   selectors.rst
25   asyncore.rst
26   asynchat.rst
27   signal.rst
28   mmap.rst
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