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For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you don't have the gdbm library. <ul> <li><a href="/5.6.2/AnyDBM_File">AnyDBM_File</a> - Provide framework for multiple DBMs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/AutoLoader">AutoLoader</a> - Load subroutines only on demand </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/AutoSplit">AutoSplit</a> - Split a package for autoloading </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B">B</a> - The Perl Compiler </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Asmdata">B::Asmdata</a> - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Assembler">B::Assembler</a> - Assemble Perl bytecode </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Bblock">B::Bblock</a> - Walk basic blocks </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Bytecode">B::Bytecode</a> - Perl compiler's bytecode backend </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::C">B::C</a> - Perl compiler's C backend </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::CC">B::CC</a> - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Concise">B::Concise</a> - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Debug">B::Debug</a> - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Deparse">B::Deparse</a> - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Disassembler">B::Disassembler</a> - Disassemble Perl bytecode </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Lint">B::Lint</a> - Perl lint </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Showlex">B::Showlex</a> - Show lexical variables used in functions or files </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Stackobj">B::Stackobj</a> - Helper module for CC backend </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Stash">B::Stash</a> - Show what stashes are loaded </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Terse">B::Terse</a> - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/B::Xref">B::Xref</a> - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Benchmark">Benchmark</a> - Benchmark running times of Perl code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ByteLoader">ByteLoader</a> - Load byte compiled perl code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI">CGI</a> - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Apache">CGI::Apache</a> - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Carp">CGI::Carp</a> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Cookie">CGI::Cookie</a> - Interface to Netscape Cookies </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Fast">CGI::Fast</a> - CGI Interface for Fast CGI </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Pretty">CGI::Pretty</a> - Module to produce nicely formatted HTML code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Push">CGI::Push</a> - Simple Interface to Server Push </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Switch">CGI::Switch</a> - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CGI::Util">CGI::Util</a> - Internal utilities used by CGI module </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CPAN">CPAN</a> - Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CPAN::FirstTime">CPAN::FirstTime</a> - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/CPAN::Nox">CPAN::Nox</a> - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Carp">Carp</a> - Warn of errors (from perspective of caller) </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Carp::Heavy">Carp::Heavy</a> - Carp guts </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Class::Struct">Class::Struct</a> - Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Config">Config</a> - Access Perl configuration information </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Cwd">Cwd</a> - Get pathname of current working directory </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/DB">DB</a> - Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/DB_File">DB_File</a> - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Data::Dumper">Data::Dumper</a> - Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and <code>eval</code> </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Devel::DProf">Devel::DProf</a> - A Perl code profiler </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Devel::Peek">Devel::Peek</a> - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Devel::SelfStubber">Devel::SelfStubber</a> - Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/DirHandle">DirHandle</a> - Supply object methods for directory handles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Dumpvalue">Dumpvalue</a> - Provides screen dump of Perl data. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/DynaLoader">DynaLoader</a> - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/English">English</a> - Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Env">Env</a> - Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Errno">Errno</a> - System errno constants </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Exporter">Exporter</a> - Implements default import method for modules </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Exporter::Heavy">Exporter::Heavy</a> - Exporter guts </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Command">ExtUtils::Command</a> - Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Command::MM">ExtUtils::Command::MM</a> - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Embed">ExtUtils::Embed</a> - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Install">ExtUtils::Install</a> - Install files from here to there </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Installed">ExtUtils::Installed</a> - Inventory management of installed modules </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Liblist">ExtUtils::Liblist</a> - Determine libraries to use and how to use them </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM">ExtUtils::MM</a> - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_Any">ExtUtils::MM_Any</a> - Platform-agnostic MM methods </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_BeOS">ExtUtils::MM_BeOS</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin">ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_DOS">ExtUtils::MM_DOS</a> - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_MacOS">ExtUtils::MM_MacOS</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_NW5">ExtUtils::MM_NW5</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_OS2">ExtUtils::MM_OS2</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_UWIN">ExtUtils::MM_UWIN</a> - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_Unix">ExtUtils::MM_Unix</a> - Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_VMS">ExtUtils::MM_VMS</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_Win32">ExtUtils::MM_Win32</a> - Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MM_Win95">ExtUtils::MM_Win95</a> - Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MY">ExtUtils::MY</a> - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MakeMaker">ExtUtils::MakeMaker</a> - Create a module Makefile </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ">ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ</a> - Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial">ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial</a> - Writing a module with MakeMaker </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes">ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes</a> - Version-agnostic bytes.pm </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish">ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish</a> - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Manifest">ExtUtils::Manifest</a> - Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap">ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap</a> - Make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Mksymlists">ExtUtils::Mksymlists</a> - Write linker options files for dynamic extension </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::Packlist">ExtUtils::Packlist</a> - Manage .packlist files </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ExtUtils::testlib">ExtUtils::testlib</a> - Add blib/* directories to @INC </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Fatal">Fatal</a> - Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Fcntl">Fcntl</a> - Load the C Fcntl.h defines </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Basename">File::Basename</a> - Split a pathname into pieces </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::CheckTree">File::CheckTree</a> - Run many filetest checks on a tree </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Compare">File::Compare</a> - Compare files or filehandles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Copy">File::Copy</a> - Copy files or filehandles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::DosGlob">File::DosGlob</a> - DOS like globbing and then some </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Find">File::Find</a> - Traverse a file tree </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Glob">File::Glob</a> - Perl extension for BSD glob routine </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Path">File::Path</a> - Create or remove directory trees </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec">File::Spec</a> - Portably perform operations on file names </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Cygwin">File::Spec::Cygwin</a> - Methods for Cygwin file specs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Epoc">File::Spec::Epoc</a> - Methods for Epoc file specs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Functions">File::Spec::Functions</a> - Portably perform operations on file names </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Mac">File::Spec::Mac</a> - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic) </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::OS2">File::Spec::OS2</a> - Methods for OS/2 file specs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Unix">File::Spec::Unix</a> - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::VMS">File::Spec::VMS</a> - Methods for VMS file specs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Spec::Win32">File::Spec::Win32</a> - Methods for Win32 file specs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::Temp">File::Temp</a> - Return name and handle of a temporary file safely </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/File::stat">File::stat</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/FileCache">FileCache</a> - Keep more files open than the system permits </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/FileHandle">FileHandle</a> - Supply object methods for filehandles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/FindBin">FindBin</a> - Locate directory of original perl script </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/GDBM_File">GDBM_File</a> - Perl5 access to the gdbm library. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Getopt::Long">Getopt::Long</a> - Extended processing of command line options </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Getopt::Std">Getopt::Std</a> - Process single-character switches with switch clustering </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/I18N::Collate">I18N::Collate</a> - Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO">IO</a> - Load various IO modules </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Dir">IO::Dir</a> - Supply object methods for directory handles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::File">IO::File</a> - Supply object methods for filehandles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Handle">IO::Handle</a> - Supply object methods for I/O handles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Pipe">IO::Pipe</a> - Supply object methods for pipes </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Poll">IO::Poll</a> - Object interface to system poll call </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Seekable">IO::Seekable</a> - Supply seek based methods for I/O objects </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Select">IO::Select</a> - OO interface to the select system call </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Socket">IO::Socket</a> - Object interface to socket communications </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Socket::INET">IO::Socket::INET</a> - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IO::Socket::UNIX">IO::Socket::UNIX</a> - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IPC::Open2">IPC::Open2</a> - Open a process for both reading and writing </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IPC::Open3">IPC::Open3</a> - Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IPC::SysV">IPC::SysV</a> - SysV IPC constants </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IPC::SysV::Msg">IPC::SysV::Msg</a> - SysV Msg IPC object class </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/IPC::SysV::Semaphore">IPC::SysV::Semaphore</a> - SysV Semaphore IPC object class </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Math::BigFloat">Math::BigFloat</a> - Arbitrary length float math package </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Math::BigInt">Math::BigInt</a> - Arbitrary size integer math package </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Math::Complex">Math::Complex</a> - Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Math::Trig">Math::Trig</a> - Trigonometric functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/NDBM_File">NDBM_File</a> - Tied access to ndbm files </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Net::Ping">Net::Ping</a> - Check a remote host for reachability </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Net::hostent">Net::hostent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Net::netent">Net::netent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Net::protoent">Net::protoent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Net::servent">Net::servent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/O">O</a> - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/ODBM_File">ODBM_File</a> - Tied access to odbm files </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Opcode">Opcode</a> - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/POSIX">POSIX</a> - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Checker">Pod::Checker</a> - Check pod documents for syntax errors </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Find">Pod::Find</a> - Find POD documents in directory trees </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Html">Pod::Html</a> - Module to convert pod files to HTML </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::InputObjects">Pod::InputObjects</a> - Objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::LaTeX">Pod::LaTeX</a> - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Man">Pod::Man</a> - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::ParseUtils">Pod::ParseUtils</a> - Helpers for POD parsing and conversion </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Parser">Pod::Parser</a> - Base class for creating POD filters and translators </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Plainer">Pod::Plainer</a> - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Select">Pod::Select</a> - Extract selected sections of POD from input </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Text">Pod::Text</a> - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Text::Color">Pod::Text::Color</a> - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Text::Overstrike">Pod::Text::Overstrike</a> - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Text::Termcap">Pod::Text::Termcap</a> - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Pod::Usage">Pod::Usage</a> - Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/SDBM_File">SDBM_File</a> - Tied access to sdbm files </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Safe">Safe</a> - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Search::Dict">Search::Dict</a> - Search for key in dictionary file </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/SelectSaver">SelectSaver</a> - Save and restore selected file handle </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/SelfLoader">SelfLoader</a> - Load functions only on demand </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Shell">Shell</a> - Run shell commands transparently within perl </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Socket">Socket</a> - Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Symbol">Symbol</a> - Manipulate Perl symbols and their names </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Sys::Hostname">Sys::Hostname</a> - Try every conceivable way to get hostname </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Sys::Syslog">Sys::Syslog</a> - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Term::ANSIColor">Term::ANSIColor</a> - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Term::Cap">Term::Cap</a> - Perl termcap interface </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Term::Complete">Term::Complete</a> - Perl word completion module </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Term::ReadLine">Term::ReadLine</a> - Perl interface to various <code>readline</code> packages. If </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test">Test</a> - Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Builder">Test::Builder</a> - Backend for building test libraries </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Harness">Test::Harness</a> - Run perl standard test scripts with statistics </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Harness::Assert">Test::Harness::Assert</a> - Simple assert </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Harness::Iterator">Test::Harness::Iterator</a> - Internal Test::Harness Iterator </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Harness::Straps">Test::Harness::Straps</a> - Detailed analysis of test results </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::More">Test::More</a> - Yet another framework for writing test scripts </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Simple">Test::Simple</a> - Basic utilities for writing tests. </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Test::Tutorial">Test::Tutorial</a> - A tutorial about writing really basic tests </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Text::Abbrev">Text::Abbrev</a> - Create an abbreviation table from a list </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Text::ParseWords">Text::ParseWords</a> - Parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Text::Soundex">Text::Soundex</a> - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Text::Tabs">Text::Tabs</a> - Expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1) </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Text::Wrap">Text::Wrap</a> - Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Thread">Thread</a> - Manipulate threads in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change) </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Thread::Queue">Thread::Queue</a> - Thread-safe queues </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Thread::Semaphore">Thread::Semaphore</a> - Thread-safe semaphores </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Thread::Signal">Thread::Signal</a> - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Thread::Specific">Thread::Specific</a> - Thread-specific keys </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::Array">Tie::Array</a> - Base class for tied arrays </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::Handle">Tie::Handle</a> - Base class definitions for tied handles </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::Hash">Tie::Hash</a> - Base class definitions for tied hashes </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::RefHash">Tie::RefHash</a> - Use references as hash keys </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::Scalar">Tie::Scalar</a> - Base class definitions for tied scalars </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Tie::SubstrHash">Tie::SubstrHash</a> - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Time::Local">Time::Local</a> - Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Time::gmtime">Time::gmtime</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Time::localtime">Time::localtime</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Time::tm">Time::tm</a> - Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/UNIVERSAL">UNIVERSAL</a> - Base class for ALL classes (blessed references) </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/User::grent">User::grent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/User::pwent">User::pwent</a> - By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/Win32">Win32</a> - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions </li> <li><a href="/5.6.2/XSLoader">XSLoader</a> - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code </li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer"> Perldoc Browser is maintained by Dan Book (<a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DBOOK">DBOOK</a>). 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