named pipe

Summary

named pipe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• named pipe's subclass of is recorded as file system object^[2].
• named pipe's subclass of is recorded as pipe^[3].
• named pipe's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities^[4].
• named pipe's opposite of is recorded as anonymous pipe^[5].
• named pipe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03531x^[6].
• named pipe's media type is recorded as inode/fifo^[7].
• named pipe's different from is recorded as anonymous pipe^[8].
• named pipe's different from is recorded as Unix domain socket^[9].
• named pipe's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 164946344^[10].

Why It Matters

named pipe ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[11] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[12]