The document discusses interprocess communication (IPC) approaches including shared memory, messages, pipes, and sockets. It describes the key IPC mechanisms in UNIX System V and Windows, focusing on shared memory, messages, and pipes. For shared memory, it covers the system calls used to create, attach, detach and control shared memory segments. For messages, it explains how message queues work and the system calls used to create, send, and receive messages. For pipes, it distinguishes between anonymous and named pipes, and provides an example of using anonymous pipes to pipe programs together.