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37The transport layer abstraction of the HTTP components.
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39This layer is used to transfer messages over connections.
40Connections are typically based on sockets: plain or secure,
41direct or via SOCKS hosts, with bandwidth throttling, or
42whatever else you might think of.
43However, opening connections is not within the responsibility
44of HttpCore.
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