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| Front Matter | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Built-in Types, Exceptions and Functions | |
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| Built-in Types | |
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| Built-in Exceptions | |
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| Built-in Functions | |
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| Python Services | |
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| sys--System-specific parameters and functions | |
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| types--Names for all built-in types | |
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| UserDict--Class wrapper for dictionary objects | |
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| UserList--Class wrapper for list objects | |
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| operator--Standard operators as functions | |
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| traceback--Print or retrieve a stack traceback | |
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| linecache--Random access to text lines | |
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| pickle--Python object serialization | |
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| cPickle--Alternate implementation of pickle | |
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| copy_reg--Register pickle support functions | |
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| shelve--Python object persistency | |
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| copy--Shallow and deep copy operations | |
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| marshal--Alternate Python object serialization | |
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| imp--Access the import internals | |
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| parser--Access Python parse trees | |
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| symbol--Constants used with Python parse trees | |
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| token--Constants used with Python parse trees | |
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| keyword--Testing for Python keywords | |
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| tokenize--Tokenizer for Python source | |
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| pyclbr--Python class browser support | |
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| code--Interpreter base classes | |
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| codeop--Compile Python code | |
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| pprint--Data pretty printer | |
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| repr--Alternate repr() implementation | |
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| py_compile--Compile Python source files | |
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| compileall--Byte-compile Python libraries | |
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| dis--Disassembler | |
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| new--Runtime implementation object creation | |
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| site--Site-specific configuration hook | |
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| user--User-specific configuration hook | |
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| __builtin__--Built-in functions | |
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| __main__--Top-level script environment | |
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| String Services | |
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| string--Common string operations | |
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| re--Perl-style regular expression operations | |
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| regex--Regular expression search and match operations | |
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| regsub--String operations using regular expressions | |
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| struct--Interpret strings as packed binary data | |
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| fpformat--Floating point conversions | |
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| StringIO--Read and write strings as files | |
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| cStringIO--Faster version of StringIO | |
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| Miscellaneous Services | |
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| math--Mathematical functions | |
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| cmath--Mathematical functions for complex numbers | |
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| random--Generate pseudo-random numbers | |
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| whrandom--Pseudo-random number generator | |
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| bisect--Array bisection algorithm | |
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| array--Efficient arrays of numeric values | |
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| ConfigParser--Configuration file parser | |
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| fileinput--Iterate over lines from multiple input streams | |
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| calendar--General calendar-related functions | |
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| cmd--Build line-oriented command interpreters | |
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| shlex--Simple lexical analysis | |
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| Generic Operating System Services | |
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| os--Miscellaneous OS interfaces | |
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| os.path--Common pathname manipulations | |
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| dircache--Cached directory listings | |
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| stat--Interpreting stat() results | |
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| statcache--An optimization of os.stat() | |
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| statvfs--Constants used with os.statvfs() | |
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| cmp--File comparisons | |
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| cmpcache--Efficient file comparisons | |
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| time--Time access and conversions | |
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| sched--Event scheduler | |
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| getpass--Portable password input | |
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| curses--Terminal independant console handling | |
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| getopt--Parser for command line options | |
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| tempfile--Generate temporary file names | |
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| errno--Standard errno system symbols | |
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| glob--Unix style pathname pattern expansion | |
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| fnmatch--Unix filename pattern matching | |
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| shutil--High-level file operations | |
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| locale--Internationalization services | |
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| mutex--Mutual exclusion support | |
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| Optional Operating System Services | |
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| signal--Set handlers for asynchronous events | |
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| socket--Low-level networking interface | |
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| select--Waiting for I/O completion | |
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| thread--Multiple threads of control | |
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| threading--Higher-level threading interface | |
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| Queue--A synchronized queue class | |
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| anydbm--Generic access to DBM-style databases | |
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| dumbdbm--Portable DBM implementation | |
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| dbhash--DBM-style interface to the BSD database library | |
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| whichdb--Guess which DBM module created a database | |
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| bsddb--Interface to Berkeley DB library | |
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| zlib--Compression compatible with gzip | |
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| gzip--Support for gzip files | |
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| rlcompleter--Completion function for readline | |
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| Unix Specific Services | |
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| posix--The most common POSIX system calls | |
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| pwd--The password database | |
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| grp--The group database | |
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| crypt--Function to check Unix passwords | |
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| dl--Call C functions in shared objects | |
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| dbm--Simple "database" interface | |
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| gdbm--GNU's reinterpretation of dbm | |
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| termios--POSIX style tty control | |
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| Termios--Constants used with the termios module | |
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| tty--Terminal control functions | |
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| pty--Pseudo-terminal utilities | |
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| fcntl--The fcntl() and ioctl() system calls | |
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| pipes--Interface to shell pipelines | |
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| posixfile--File-like objects with locking support | |
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| resource--Resource usage information | |
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| nis--Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) | |
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| syslog--Unix syslog library routines | |
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| popen2-Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams | |
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| commands--Utilities for running commands | |
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| The Python Debugger | |
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| Debugger Commands | |
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| How It Works | |
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| The Python Profiler | |
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| Introduction to the profiler | |
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| How Is This Profiler Different From The Old Profiler? | |
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| Instant Users Manual | |
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| What Is Deterministic Profiling? | |
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| Reference Manual | |
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| Limitations | |
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| Calibration | |
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| Extensions--Deriving Better Profilers | |
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| Internet Protocols and Support | |
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| cgi--Common Gateway Interface support | |
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| urllib--Open an arbitrary resource by URL | |
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| httplib--HTTP protocol client | |
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| ftplib--FTP protocol client | |
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| gopherlib--Gopher protocol client | |
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| poplib--POP3 protocol client | |
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| imaplib--IMAP4 protocol client | |
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| nntplib--NNTP protocol client | |
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| smtplib--SMTP protocol client | |
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| telnetlib--Telnet client | |
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| urlparse--Parse URLs into components | |
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| SocketServer--A framework for network servers | |
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| BaseHTTPServer--Basic HTTP server | |
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| SimpleHTTPServer--A Do-Something Request Handler | |
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| CGIHTTPServer--A Do-Something Request Handler | |
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| asyncore--Asynchronous socket handler | |
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| Internet Data Handling | |
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| sgmllib--Simple SGML parser | |
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| htmllib--A parser for HTML documents | |
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| htmlentitydefs--Definitions of HTML general entities | |
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| xmllib--A parser for XML documents | |
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| formatter--Generic output formatting | |
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| rfc822--Parse RFC 822 mail headers | |
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| mimetools--Tools for parsing Mime messages | |
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| MimeWriter--Generic Mime file writer | |
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| multifile--Support for files containing distinct parts | |
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| binhex--Encode and decode binhex4 files | |
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| uu--Encode and decode uuencode files | |
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| binascii--Convert between binary and ASCII | |
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| xdrlib--Encode and decode XDR data | |
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| mailcap--Mailcap file handling | |
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| mimetypes--Map filenames to Mime types | |
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| base64--Encode and decode Mime base64 data | |
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| quopri--Encode and decode Mime quoted-printable data | |
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| mailbox--Read various mailbox formats | |
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| mhlib--Access to MH mailboxes | |
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| mimify--Mime processing of mail messages | |
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| netrc--netrc file processing | |
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| Restricted Execution | |
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| rexec--Restricted execution framework | |
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| Bastion--Restricting access to objects | |
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| Multimedia Services | |
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| audioop--Manipulate raw audio data | |
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| imageop--Manipulate raw image data | |
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| aifc--Read and write AIFF and AIFC files | |
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| sunau--Read and write Sun AU files | |
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| wave--Read and write WAV files | |
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| chunk--Read IFF chunked data | |
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| colorsys--Conversions between color systems | |
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| rgbimg--Read and write "SGI RGB" files | |
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| imghdr--Determine the type of an image | |
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| sndhdr--Determine type of sound file | |
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| Cryptographic Services | |
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| md5--MD5 message digest algorithm | |
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| sha--SHA message digest algorithm | |
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| mpz--Gnu arbitrary magnitude integers | |
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| rotor--Enigma-like encryption and decryption | |
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| SGI IRIX Specific Services | |
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| al--Audio functions on the SGI | |
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| AL--Constants used with the al module | |
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| cd--CD-ROM access on SGI systems | |
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| fl--FORMS library interface for GUI applications | |
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| FL--Constants used with the fl module | |
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| flp--Functions for loading stored FORMS designs | |
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| fm--Font Manager interface | |
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| gl--Graphics Library interface | |
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| DEVICE--Constants used with the gl module | |
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| GL--Constants used with the gl module | |
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| imgfile--Support for SGI imglib files | |
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| jpeg--Read and write JPEG files | |
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| SunOS Specific Services | |
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| sunaudiodev--Access to Sun audio hardware | |
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| SUNAUDIODEV--Constants used with sunaudiodev | |
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| MS Windows Specific Services | |
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| msvcrt - Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime | |
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| winsound--Sound-playing interface for Windows | |
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| Undocumented Modules | |
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| Frameworks | |
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| Miscellaneous useful utilities | |
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| Platform specific modules | |
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| Multimedia | |
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| Obsolete | |
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| Extension modules | |
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| Module Index | |
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