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How IPC Works

Inter-Process Communication (IPC) enables processes to communicate and share data through mechanisms like Shared Memory and Message Passing. Shared Memory allows fast data exchange by sharing a memory segment, while Message Passing involves sending messages via a message queue, which is safer but slower. Each method has a defined process for creating, using, and removing the communication channels.

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How IPC Works

Inter-Process Communication (IPC) enables processes to communicate and share data through mechanisms like Shared Memory and Message Passing. Shared Memory allows fast data exchange by sharing a memory segment, while Message Passing involves sending messages via a message queue, which is safer but slower. Each method has a defined process for creating, using, and removing the communication channels.

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How IPC Works

• Inter-Process Communication (IPC) allows processes to communicate


and share data. Two popular IPC mechanisms are:
• Shared Memory – Fast communication by sharing a memory
segment.
• Message Passing – Communication via message queues or mailboxes.
Shared Memory
• In shared memory, two or more processes share a common memory
segment. They read/write data to this memory instead of sending
messages.
Step-by-Step Working of Shared Memory:
1. Create a shared memory segment.
2.Attach the shared memory to process address space.
3.Write data into shared memory (by sender process).
4.Read data from shared memory (by receiver process).
5.Detach and remove shared memory when done.
#program1(writer process)-shared
memory
#program2(Reader process)-shared
memory
Message Passing
• In message passing, processes communicate by sending messages to
an intermediate entity (message queue). It is safer but slower than
shared memory.
Step-by-Step Working of Message Passing
1.Create a message queue.
2.Sender process sends a message.
3.Receiver process retrieves the message.
4.Message queue is removed when no longer needed.
#program1(sender process)-use
message queue
#program2(receiver process)-use
message queue

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