CPAN is an acronym standing for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, an archive of over 12,200 modules of software written in Perl, as well as documentation for it. It has a presence on the World Wide Web at www.cpan.org and is mirrored worldwide on more than 250 locations . CPAN can denote either the script that acts as a package manager, the popular web interface, or the network of mirrors. Most software on CPAN is free software.
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