Inter Process Communication in Operating System

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What is Inter Process Communication?

IPC is a concept which allows the communication and synchronization between processes. Through a set of programming interfaces, it helps a programmer to organize and exchange the information between different processes.

"In computing, inter-process communication (IPC) is a set of methods for the exchange of data among multiple threads in one or more processes. Processes may be running on one or more computers connected by a network. IPC methods are divided into methods for message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and remote procedure calls (RPC)" - Wikipedia.

Lecture Notes and Slides

• IPC Notes with Examples and Picture Representation (PDF)
• IPC Lecture Slides (PDF)
• IPC Notes (PDF) 

Exercises and Problems Solved

Inter Process Communication (IPC) through Shared Memory, Race Conditions, Mutual Exclusion, Peterson's Algorithms etc.

• Various problems/exercises with pictorially represented discussions/solutions in Operating Systems (PDF)
• Inter Process Communication and Synchronization Exercises (PDF)