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Interprocess Communication

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Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science ((UTICS))

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  • Interprocess communication (IPC)

  • Pthreads IPC for Linux

  • Mutual exclusion in Ada

  • BSD sockets: TCP and UDP client-server

  • Two-way communications

  • Blocking, select and the use of forking in servers

  • Fault tolerance

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(2008). Interprocess Communication. In: Practical Distributed Processing. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-841-8_5

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