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 Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g.
 :mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`.  Other modules support networking protocols
-that two or more processes can used to communicate across machines.
+that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines.
 
 The list of modules described in this chapter is: