Editing Inter-process communication (section)

== Disadvantages ==
Merging data from two processes can often incur significantly higher costs compared to processing the same data on a single thread, potentially by two or more orders of magnitude due to overheads such as inter-process communication and synchronization. <ref>{{Cite book |title=Operating System Concepts |isbn=978-0470128725}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |isbn=978-0124077263}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers |publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-0131405639}}</ref>