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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
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.
15 The list of modules described in this chapter is: