Below are the different IPC methods 1. Semaphores 2. FIFO's (Also

What is IPC? What are the various schemes available?

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Answer Posted / prashanth

Below are the different IPC methods

1. Semaphores
2. FIFO's (Also called Named Pipes)
3. Message Queues
4. Shared Memory

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