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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _getModules(self):
 """ Import and load application modules. :return: <dict> """

        modules = {}
        modulesPath = os.path.join("application", "module")
        moduleList = os.listdir(modulesPath)

        for moduleName in moduleList:
            modulePath = os.path.join(modulesPath, moduleName, "module.py")
            if not os.path.isfile(modulePath):
                continue

            # importing module
            moduleSpec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
                moduleName,
                modulePath
            )
            module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(moduleSpec)
            moduleSpec.loader.exec_module(module)

            # initializing module
            moduleInstance = module.Module(self)
            modules[moduleName] = moduleInstance

        return modules