Add basic description of IPC

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 *IPC* stands for *inter-process communication*.
 
+Inter-process communication refers to the mechanisms, provided by the operating system, that allow allow processes to manage shared data.
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 On [[Unix]], inter-process communication can be achieved using pipes.
 This is inefficient for large amounts of data as the data must be
 copied.  This is generally not a problem as most services are