1.. _ipc: 2 3***************************************** 4Networking and Interprocess Communication 5***************************************** 6 7The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for 8networking and inter-processes communication. 9 10Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g. 11:mod:`signal` and :mod:`mmap`. Other modules support networking protocols 12that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines. 13 14The list of modules described in this chapter is: 15 16 17.. toctree:: 18 :maxdepth: 1 19 20 asyncio.rst 21 socket.rst 22 ssl.rst 23 select.rst 24 selectors.rst 25 asyncore.rst 26 asynchat.rst 27 signal.rst 28 mmap.rst 29