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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 |