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@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@ -[[license text=""" -Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] -Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the -terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version -published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no -Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included -in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl.txt]]. - -By contributing to this page, you agree to assign copyright for your -contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation -promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a free -documentation license when publishing your contribution. We grant you back all -your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and -redistribute your contributions. -"""]] +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled +[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] IPC stands for interprocess communication. -On Unix, interprocess communication can be achieved using pipes. +On [[Unix]], interprocess 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 provided by the Unix kernel and Unix is not designed to be -[[extensible]]. +[[extensible|extensibility]]. [[Microkernel]] systems, on the other hand, are generally composed of many components. As components are separated by their respective |