Part of the Programming glossary: Interprocess communication (IPC) is a set of programming interface s that allow a programmer to coordinate activities among different program process es that can run concurrently in an operating system. This allows a program to handle many user requests at the same time.
There have been a number of explanations as to how the name Foster originated in England. The main line is that Foster is a contracted spelling of Forester, a term which described an official in charge of a forest.In the Middle Ages, the forests and woods were almost always owned or controlled by the lord of the manor.s in England, the name means forester or forest ranger. Forster may also have been an inhabitant of Forst, a town in the Rheinpfalz. For immigrants into America, the name has often been anglicized to Foster.
English: habitational name from Dunford Bridge, a hamlet near Penistone, West Yorkshire, so called from the river Don (a British name, possibly meaning âriverâ) + Old English ford âfordâ, or from Dunford House in Methley, West Yorkshire, which is named in Old English as âDunnâs fordâ (see Dunn 2).nglish: habitational name from Dunford Bridge, a hamlet near Penistone, West Yorkshire, so called from the river Don (a British name, possibly meaning âriverâ) + Old English ford âfordâ, or from Dunford House in Methley, West Yorkshire, which is named in Old English as âDunnâs fordâ (see Dunn 2).