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\chapter{Optional Operating System Services}
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The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to operating
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system features that are available on selected operating systems only.
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The interfaces are generally modelled after the \UNIX{} or C
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interfaces but they are available on some other systems as well
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(e.g. Windows or NT). Here's an overview:
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\begin{description}
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\item[signal]
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--- Set handlers for asynchronous events.
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\item[socket]
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--- Low-level networking interface.
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\item[select]
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--- Wait for I/O completion on multiple streams.
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\item[thread]
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--- Create multiple threads of control within one namespace.
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\item[anydbm]
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--- Generic interface to DBM-style database modules.
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\item[whichdbm]
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--- Guess which DBM-style module created a given database.
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\item[zlib]
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\item[gzip]
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--- Compression and decompression compatible with the
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\code{gzip} program (zlib is the low-level interface, gzip the
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high-level one).
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\end{description}
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