"named pipe" meaning in English

See named pipe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: named pipes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} named pipe (plural named pipes)
  1. (computing) An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication. Wikipedia link: named pipe Categories (topical): Computing, Unix Related terms: anonymous pipe Translations (extension to the anonymous pipe): pojmenovaná roura [feminine] (Czech), nimetty putki (Finnish), canal nommé [masculine] (French)

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