inter-process communication

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inter-process communication - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Inter-process Communication
  
     <programming, operating system> (IPC) Exchange of data between
     one process and another, either within the same computer or
     over a network.  It implies a protocol that guarantees a
     response to a request.  Examples are Unix sockets, RISC OS
     's messages, OS/2's Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows'
     DDE, Novell's SPX and Macintosh's IAC.
  
     Although IPC is performed automatically by programs, an
     analogous function can be performed interactively when users
     cut and paste data from one process to another using a
     clipboard.
  
     (1995-12-14)