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     2 .. _ipc:

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     5 Interprocess Communication and Networking

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     8 The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes

     9 to communicate.

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

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

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

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    15 The list of modules described in this chapter is:

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    18 .. toctree::

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    20    subprocess.rst

    21    socket.rst

    22    ssl.rst

    23    signal.rst

    24    popen2.rst

    25    asyncore.rst

    26    asynchat.rst