.. _ipc:

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Interprocess Communication and Networking

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The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes

to communicate.

Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g.

:mod:`signal` and :mod:`subprocess`.  Other modules support networking protocols

that two or more processes can used to communicate across machines.

The list of modules described in this chapter is:

.. toctree::

   subprocess.rst

   socket.rst

   ssl.rst

   signal.rst

   popen2.rst

   asyncore.rst

   asynchat.rst