What is the Python freeze process?
The Python Doc states:

> Frozen modules are modules written in Python whose compiled byte-code
> object is incorporated into a custom-built Python interpreter by
> Python’s freeze utility. See Tools/freeze/ for now.

http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.init_frozen

I don't get it. What is the freeze utility? How can it be used? Why would it be used?
What is the Python freeze process?
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The Python Doc states:

> Frozen modules are modules written in Python whose compiled byte-code
> object is incorporated into a custom-built Python interpreter by
> Python’s freeze utility. See Tools/freeze/ for now.

http://docs.python.org/library/imp.html#imp.init_frozen

I don't get it. What is the freeze utility? How can it be used? Why would it be used?