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<h2>Introduction</h2>

<p>
LuaSocket  is a  <a href="http://www.lua.org">Lua</a>  extension library
that is composed by two parts: a C core that provides  support for the TCP
and UDP transport layers, and a set of Lua modules that add support for
the SMTP (sending  e-mails),  HTTP  (WWW access)  and  FTP  (uploading  and
downloading files) protocols and other functionality commonly needed by
application