NAMEDPIPE

Named pipe

In computing, a named pipe is an extension to the traditional pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, and is one of the methods of inter-process communication . The concept is also found in Microsoft Windows, although the semantics differ substantially. A traditional pipe is "unnamed" because it exists anonymously and persists only for as long as the process is running. A named pipe is system-persistent and exists beyond the life of the process and must be deleted once it is no longer being used. Processes generally attach to the named pipes to perform inter-process communication.

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named pipe

Noun

  1. An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.


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