Main IPC Methods
| Method | Provided by (operating systems or other environments) |
|---|---|
| File | Most operating systems |
| Signal | Most operating systems; some systems, such as Windows, implement signals in only the C run-time library and provide no support for their use as an IPC method |
| Socket | Most operating systems |
| Message queue | Most operating systems |
| Pipe | All POSIX systems, Windows |
| Named pipe | All POSIX systems, Windows |
| Semaphore | All POSIX systems, Windows |
| Shared memory | All POSIX systems, Windows |
| Message passing (shared nothing) |
Used in MPI paradigm, Java RMI, CORBA, MSMQ, MailSlots, QNX, others |
| Memory-mapped file | All POSIX systems, Windows |
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