.. _ipc: ***************************************** Interprocess Communication and Networking ***************************************** The modules described in this chapter provide mechanisms for different processes to communicate. Some modules only work for two processes that are on the same machine, e.g. :mod:`signal` and :mod:`subprocess`. Other modules support networking protocols that two or more processes can use to communicate across machines. The list of modules described in this chapter is: .. toctree:: subprocess.rst socket.rst ssl.rst signal.rst popen2.rst asyncore.rst asynchat.rst