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    Threading in Python allows multiple threads to run concurrently within a single process, enabling efficient multitasking. While Python's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) limits true parallelism for CPU-bound tasks, threading is highly effective for I/O-bound and asynchronous operations. Below are some real-world applications of threading in Python:

    1. Web Scraping

    Threading is widely used in web scraping to fetch data from multiple websites simultaneously. By creating multiple threads, each responsible for sending HTTP requests to different URLs, the overall execution time is significantly reduced.

    import threading
    import requests

    def fetch_data(url):
    response = requests.get(url)
    print(f"Fetched data from {url}")

    urls = ["https://example.com", "https://example.org", "https://example.net"]

    threads = [threading.Thread(target=fetch_data, args=(url,)) for url in urls]

    for thread in threads:
    thread.start()

    for thread in threads:
    thread.join()

    print("Web scraping completed.")
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    Does Python have a multithreading module?
    NOTE Python comes with two built-in modules for implementing multithreading programs, including the thread, and threading modules. The thread and threading modules provide useful features for creating and managing threads.
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