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For those, like me, who have never heard of what it is, Binder is an IPC mechanism for Android.
by mgaunard 3y ago
For those, like me, who have never heard of what it is, Binder is an IPC mechanism for Android.
- yu3zhou4 3y agoAnd IPC stands for interprocess communication > the mechanisms provided by an operating system for processes to manage shared data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication
- monocasa 3y agoAnd before that Palm, and before that Be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBinder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBinder
- goodthenandnow 3y agoAlso, as mentioned in the patch's message, it's important to highlight that binder is a core component of Android. Its usage is so widespread that, to me, it kinda makes Android architecture very akin to a microkernel-based system.
- sillywalk 3y agoHere's some more background (from 2006 ) "OpenBinder is the core technology that ex-Be engineers started at Be, Inc. as the “next generation BeOS”, finished implementing at PalmSource " https://www.osnews.com/story/13674/introduction-to-openbinder-and-interview-with-dianne-hackborn/ https://www.osnews.com/story/13674/introduction-to-openbinde...