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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ The :mod:`urllib.parse` module defines functions that fall into two broad
categories: URL parsing and URL quoting. These are covered in detail in
the following sections.

This module's functions use the deprecated term ``netloc`` (or ``net_loc``),
which was introduced in :rfc:`1808`. However, this term has been obsoleted by
:rfc:`3986`, which introduced the term ``authority`` as its replacement.
The use of ``netloc`` is continued for backward compatibility.

URL Parsing
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