| mailbox 1. A file belonging to a particular user on a particular computer in which recieved messages are stored ready for the user to read them. A mailbox may be just an to which messages are sent and may not actually correspond to a file if the messages are processed automatically, e.g. a or . 2. A destination for interprocess messages in a system. A mailbox is a queue, usually stored in the memory of the processor on which the receiving process is running. are provided for sending a message to a named mailbox and for reading messages from a mailbox. (1994-10-20) |
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