interprocess communication
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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: