Editing Desktop communication protocol (section)

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'''Desktop''' '''Communication''' '''Protocol''' ('''DCOP''') was an [[inter-process communication]] (IPC) [[Daemon (computing)|daemon]] by [[KDE]] used in [[K Desktop Environment 3]]. The design goal for the protocol was to allow [[Application software|applications]] to interoperate, and share complex tasks. Essentially, DCOP was a ‘remote control’ system, which allowed applications or scripts to enlist the help of other applications. DCOP is built on top of the [[X Window System protocols and architecture#Inter-client communication|X11 Inter-Client Exchange]] protocol.

DCOP continues to be used by the K Desktop Environment 3-fork [[Trinity Desktop Environment]]. DCOP was replaced by [[D-Bus]], a message bus system heavily influenced by the DCOP and standardized by [[freedesktop.org]], in [[KDE Software Compilation 4]] and later.