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What is symmetry in addressing? |
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Both the sender processes and the receiver process must name the other to communicate |
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For Indirect communication, what are the message sent to or received from? |
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Definition
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In indirect communication the communication link has all of the following properties. |
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Definition
A link is established between of pair of processes only if both members of the pair have a shared mailbox
A link may be associated with more than two processes
Between each pair of communicating processes, there may be a number of different links, with each link corresponding to one mailbox |
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What is the definition of blocking send? |
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Definition
The sending process is blocked until the message is received by the receiving process or by the mailbox |
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What is the definition of blocking receive? |
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Definition
The receiver blocks until a message is available |
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There are three ways to implement the temporary queues for indirect or direct communication. |
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Definition
Zero capacity
Bounded capacity
Unbounded capacity |
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