Frequent Question: What Is Unix Interprocess Communication?
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Introduction. Interprocess communication (IPC) refers to the coordination of activities among cooperating processes. A common example of this need is managing access to a given system resource. To carry out IPC, some form of active or passive communication is required.

What is inter process communication in Unix?

Interprocess communication is the mechanism provided by the operating system that allows processes to communicate with each other. This communication could involve a process letting another process know that some event has occurred or the transferring of data from one process to another.

What is interprocess communication Linux?

Processes communicate with each other and with the kernel to coordinate their activities. Signals and pipes are two of them but Linux also supports the System V IPC mechanisms named after the Unix TM release in which they first appeared. …

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