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+# LuaSocket
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+[![Build](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/lunarmodules/luasocket/build.yml?branch=master&label=Build&logo=Lua)](https://github.com/lunarmodules/luasocket/actions?workflow=Build)
+[![Luacheck](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/lunarmodules/luasocket/luacheck.yml?branch=master&label=Luacheck&logo=Lua)](https://github.com/lunarmodules/luasocket/actions?workflow=Luacheck)
+[![GitHub tag (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/lunarmodules/luasocket?label=Tag&logo=GitHub)](https://github.com/lunarmodules/luasocket/releases)
+[![Luarocks](https://img.shields.io/luarocks/v/lunarmodules/luasocket?label=Luarocks&logo=Lua)](https://luarocks.org/modules/lunarmodules/luasocket)
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+LuaSocket is a Lua extension library composed of two parts:
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+1. a set of C modules that provide support for the TCP and UDP transport layers, and
+2. a set of Lua modules that provide functions commonly needed by applications that deal with the Internet.