IPC Mechanisms

Discuss the following IPC mechanisms

Message Passing Systems---:
i)Mechanism--
1.Naming2.Synchronisation3.Buffering

ii)Types--
Signals
Message Queue
Pipes
Sockets
RPC

Shared memory Systems-----:
i)Mechanism--
1.Creation,Attach & Detach 2.Synchronisation

ii)Types--
Shared Memory
Files
Semaphore
memory mapped

Useful Links:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365574%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
http://www.science.unitn.it/~fiorella/guidelinux/tlk/node56.html