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47db96d56Sopenharmony_ciNetworking and Interprocess Communication
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77db96d56Sopenharmony_ciThe modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for
87db96d56Sopenharmony_cinetworking and inter-processes communication.
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107db96d56Sopenharmony_ciSome modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g.
117db96d56Sopenharmony_ci:mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`.  Other modules support networking protocols
127db96d56Sopenharmony_cithat two or more processes can use to communicate across machines.
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147db96d56Sopenharmony_ciThe list of modules described in this chapter is:
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177db96d56Sopenharmony_ci.. toctree::
187db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   :maxdepth: 1
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207db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   asyncio.rst
217db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   socket.rst
227db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   ssl.rst
237db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   select.rst
247db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   selectors.rst
257db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   signal.rst
267db96d56Sopenharmony_ci   mmap.rst
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