.. _internet:

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Internet Protocols and Support
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.. index::
   single: WWW
   single: Internet
   single: World Wide Web

.. index:: module: socket

The modules described in this chapter implement Internet protocols and  support
for related technology.  They are all implemented in Python. Most of these
modules require the presence of the system-dependent module :mod:`socket`, which
is currently supported on most popular platforms.  Here is an overview:


.. toctree::

   webbrowser.txt
   cgi.txt
   cgitb.txt
   wsgiref.txt
   urllib.txt
   urllib2.txt
   httplib.txt
   ftplib.txt
   poplib.txt
   imaplib.txt
   nntplib.txt
   smtplib.txt
   smtpd.txt
   telnetlib.txt
   uuid.txt
   urlparse.txt
   socketserver.txt
   basehttpserver.txt
   simplehttpserver.txt
   cgihttpserver.txt
   cookielib.txt
   cookie.txt
   xmlrpclib.txt
   simplexmlrpcserver.txt
   docxmlrpcserver.txt