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| author | MutoShack <MutoShack@web> | 2019-03-20 02:28:02 +0100 |
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| committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2019-03-20 02:28:02 +0100 |
| commit | 2b37a9fc3529db3cf82f2925b254734349f57df2 (patch) | |
| tree | 46f328c650274795fe7c77f33c9ccfe1a22b4413 /ipc.mdwn | |
| parent | 227b1b7e253c22a914c2e865f666cf3bb6556073 (diff) | |
Add basic description of IPC
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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] *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. + 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 |