1 2.. _ipc: 3 4***************************************** 5Interprocess Communication and Networking 6***************************************** 7 8The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes 9to communicate. 10 11Some 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 13that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines. 14 15The list of modules described in this chapter is: 16 17 18.. toctree:: 19 20 subprocess.rst 21 socket.rst 22 ssl.rst 23 signal.rst 24 popen2.rst 25 asyncore.rst 26 asynchat.rst 27