Key Terms and Concepts

ftok library function

IPC facility

IPC key

IPC resource

IPC_CREAT

IPC_EXCL

IPC_NOWAIT

ipc_perm structure

IPC_PRIVATE

IPC_RMID

IPC_SET

IPC_STAT

ipcs command

iprm command

message queue class

message queues

message type

msg structure

MSG_EXCEPT

MSG_NOERROR

msgbuf structure

msgget system call

MSGMNB

MSGMNI

msgrcv system call

msgsnd system call

msqid_ds structure

semaphore

shared memory