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 This module provides access to the BSD \emph{socket} interface.
 It is available on all modern \UNIX{} systems, Windows, MacOS, BeOS,
-OS/2, and probably additional platforms.
+OS/2, and probably additional platforms.  \note{Some behavior may be
+platform dependent, since calls are made to the operating system socket APIs.}
 
 For an introduction to socket programming (in C), see the following
 papers: \citetitle{An Introductory 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication