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<!-- Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies) All rights reserved. -->
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"Eclipse Public License v1.0" which accompanies this distribution, 
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and is available at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html". -->
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    Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
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<!DOCTYPE concept
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  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
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<concept id="GUID-8B37D53D-77E1-58C6-9A44-3376A450228B" xml:lang="en"><title>Shared Memory
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Tutorial</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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<p>Shared memory is a method of interprocess communication (IPC) where a single
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chunk of memory is shared between two or more processes. You can use shared
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memory APIs to set permissions on memory and to pass data between programs
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efficiently. </p>
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<p>The following topics describe how you can use shared memory APIs when you
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develop POSIX compliant applications or port POSIX-based applications onto
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the Symbian platform. </p>
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</conbody></concept>