For example, picture your knowledge as a dot, as perhaps the period at the end of this sentence.

打个比方，假设你的知识是一个点，就像这个句子末尾的句号一样。

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The syntax for calling a function in another module by specifying the module name followed by a dot (period) and the function name.

点符号：调用某一个模块的某一函数的语法形式，就是模块名后加一个点，也就是英文的句号，再加函数名。

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To access one of the functions, you have to specify the name of the module and the name of the function, separated by a dot (also known as a period). This format is called dot notation.

指定模块名和函数名，要用点(也就是英文的句号)来连接模块名和函数名，就可以调用指定的函数了。

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In that period media-savvy dot-com startups proliferated in such places as South of Market in San Francisco and the Silicon Alley in lower Manhattan.

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During the January carnival period, During the January carnival period, bell ringers march through the villages that dot the Kastav region in north-west Croatia.

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