Figure 3.8: Named Pipes

[Figure 3.8: Named Pipes]

An SMB named pipe is an abstraction that provides two-way communication between processes on remote nodes. The pipe is given a name ("\PIPE\DREAM", in this example) so that it can be easily identified by programs that wish to use it.


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