interprocess communication

See also: inter-process communication

English

Alternative forms

• inter-process communication

Noun

interprocess communication (usually uncountable, plural interprocess communications)

1. (computing) A set of techniques for the exchange of data among two or more threads in one or more processes.

   Synonym: IPC

   • 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:

     FreeBSD provides a rich set of interprocess-communication facilities intended to support the construction of distributed programs built on top of communications primitives.

Translations

Translations

• German: Interprozesskommunikation f
• Greek: διαδιεργασιακή επικοινωνία (el) f (diadiergasiakí epikoinonía)