Question concerning function of a a socket

[buran]

I only recently started to delve into sockets, but here is the socket module documentation. As you can see there is only Socket object and no distinct ServerSocket object. Socket object is used in server and client. This Listener class looks like threaded server listening for client connections.

here are two more useful links for reference
Socket Programming HOWTO
Socket Programming in Python (Guide)

EDIT: There is separate socketserver module which simplifies the task of writing network servers.