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inter-process communication

inter-process communication is the alternative spelling of interprocess communication.

Meaning of interprocess communication

Noun

interprocess communication (usually uncountable, plural interprocess communications)

  1. (usually) A set of techniques for the exchange of data among two or more threads in one or more processes.
    • FreeBSD provides a rich set of interprocess-communication facilities intended to support the construction of distributed programs built on top of communications primitives.2014, Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N.M. Watson, The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 593
    Synonyms:
    IPC

Forms of inter-process communication

pluralinter-process communications

Questions about inter-process communication

What is inter-process communication the alternative spelling of?
Inter-process communication is the alternative spelling of interprocess communication.

Words near inter-process communication in the dictionary

  1. inter-organisational
  2. inter-organizational
  3. inter-page
  4. inter-Palestine
  5. inter-party
  6. inter-process communication
  7. inter-process communications
  8. inter-racial
  9. inter-rater
  10. inter-rayon
  11. inter-recognition

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