1. operating system
os, shutil
dir(), help()
2. command and input output
sys
sys.argv, sys.stderr, sys.stdout
3. String Pattern Matching
re
4. Mathematics
math, random
5. Internet
urllib2, smtplib
6. date and time
datetime
7. Data Compression
zlib
8. Performance Measurement
timeit
Timer
9. Quality Control
doctest, unittest