'Does shared memory provide faster O slower interactions between user processes? Under what conditions is shared memory not suitable at all for inter-process communications?'
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Step 1: Shared memory provides faster interactions between user processes because the operating system maps a memory segment in the address space of several processes, allowing them to read and write in that memory segment without calling operating system Show more…
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