README.md
1# Transparent Inter-Process Communications (TIPC) Sockets.
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3TIPC provides a framework for inter-process communication between
4federations of trusted peers that are cooperating as a unit. It was
5developed by Ericsson AB, as a means to provide for communications
6between Common Control Systems processes and Network Element peers in
7telephone switching systems, sometimes operating at arm's length on
8different line cards or mainframes. Delegation of responsibility in this
9way is one of the fundamental precepts of the Erlang programming system,
10also developed at Ericsson. TIPC represents a more generalized version
11of the same behavioral design pattern.
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13This document was produced using PlDoc, with sources found in tipc.pl
14and tipc_overview.md.
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16@author: Jeffrey Rosenwald (JeffRose@acm.org)
17@license: BSD-2
18@compat: Linux only
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