COMP 242 Class Notes

Section 3: Interprocess Communication

• Interprocess Communication
  • Shared Memory
  • Software Interrupt
  • Message Passing
    • Reliability of Messages
    • Integration with I/O
    • Integration with Programming Language
    • Order
    • Access
    • Remote Assignment vs Procedure Call
    • Synchronous vs Asynchronous
    • Buffering of Messages
    • Pipes
    • Selectivity of Receipt
  • Xinu Low-Level Message Passing
    • Semantics
    • Implementation
• Communication across a Network
  • The Physical Layer
  • Network Topologies and Access Control Protocols
    • The Ethernet
  • Internetworking
    • Internet Addresses
    • Communication within a Network
    • Indirect Routing
  • Process to Process Communication: UDP and TCP/IP
  • OS Interface: Sockets
  • Sun RPC
  • Transparent RPC
    • Semantics
    • Implementation
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