A system for interprocess communication in a resource sharing computer network

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A system for interprocess communication in a resource sharing computer network

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 15 , Issue 4 (April 1972) table of contents

Pages: 221 - 230

Year of Publication: 1972

ISSN:0001-0782

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David C. Walden

Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, MA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

A system of communication between processes in a time-sharing system is described and the communication system is extended so that it may be used between processes distributed throughout a computer network. The hypothetical application of the system to an existing network is discussed.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
computer networks, interprocess communication, resource sharing, time-sharing

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