Pipe: an Inter-Process Communication Method
By default, it is difficult to get two processes to communicate with each other. As we’ve seen in a previous article, even parent and child processes don’t share the same memory space. So we need to find ways to establish inter-process communication. One of these communication mechanisms is the pipe.
Read MoreThe Difference Between a Terminal, a Console and a Shell
Diving deeper into the computer science world, we often come across the terms “terminal”, “console” and “shell”, which seem to be used more or less interchangeably. Is that really the case? And if not, what is the difference between all of these terms?
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