interprocess communication

noun

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

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Meanings

nouninterprocess communication (usually uncountable, plural interprocess communications)

plural interprocess communications · alternative inter-process communication

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingA 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

    Synonyms: IPC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA set of techniques for the exchange of data among two or more threads in one or more processes.

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Translations

Arabic التَّوَاصُل بَيْنَ الْعَمَلِيَّات
  • التَّوَاصُل بَيْنَ الْعَمَلِيَّات (at-tawāṣul bayna l-ʕamaliyyāt)Translations
German Interprozesskommunikation
  • InterprozesskommunikationTranslations
Greek διαδιεργασιακή επικοινωνία
  • διαδιεργασιακή επικοινωνία (diadiergasiakí epikoinonía)Translations
Turkish mesajlaşma sistemi
  • mesajlaşma sistemiTranslations
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APA

interprocess communication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interprocess%20communication

MLA

“interprocess communication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interprocess%20communication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interprocess communication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interprocess%20communication.

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