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What is /dev/shm and its practical usage

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/dev/shm is nothing but implementation of traditional shared memoryconcept. It is an efficient means of passing data between programs. One program will create a memory portion, which other processes (if permitted) can access. This will result into speeding up things on Linux. shm / shmfs is also known as tmpfs, which is a common name for a Read More →

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