1 .. _ipc: 2 3 ***************************************** 4 Interprocess Communication and Networking 5 ***************************************** 6 7 The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes 8 to communicate. 9 10 Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g. 11 :mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`. Other modules support networking protocols 12 that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines. 13 14 The list of modules described in this chapter is: 15 16 17 .. toctree:: 18 19 socket.rst 20 ssl.rst 21 select.rst 22 selectors.rst 23 asyncio.rst 24 asyncore.rst 25 asynchat.rst 26 signal.rst 27 mmap.rst 28
