Practice - Pipes, FIFOs
Practice Questions
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What is a pipe in IPC?
💡 Hint: Think about how data flows in one direction.
What is a FIFO?
💡 Hint: Remember its relation to the filesystem.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of IPC mechanism is a pipe?
💡 Hint: Recall how the data movement is restricted in pipes.
True or False: FIFOs enable communication between related processes.
💡 Hint: Consider how they are structured in the filesystem.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a communication system for a weather data collection program, utilizing either pipes or FIFOs. Justify your choice of IPC.
💡 Hint: Consider how the processes are related.
Create a scenario where a pipe is inadequate for the communication required between processes. Explain why.
💡 Hint: Think about the relationships and requirements of the processes.
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