1 2 .. _ipc: 3 4 ***************************************** 5 Interprocess Communication and Networking 6 ***************************************** 7 8 The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes 9 to communicate. 10 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 use to communicate across machines. 14 15 The list of modules described in this chapter is: 16 17 18 .. toctree:: 19 20 subprocess.rst 21 socket.rst 22 ssl.rst 23 signal.rst 24 popen2.rst 25 asyncore.rst 26 asynchat.rst 27
