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interprocess communications

interprocess communications is the plural 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

Questions about interprocess communications

What is interprocess communications the plural of?
Interprocess communications is the plural of interprocess communication.

Words near interprocess communications in the dictionary

  1. interprismatic
  2. interprocedural
  3. interprocedurally
  4. interprocess
  5. interprocess communication
  6. interprocess communications
  7. interprocessor
  8. interproduce
  9. interproduced
  10. interproduces
  11. interproducing

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