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D-BUS is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications.
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Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms
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of complexity.
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D-BUS supports broadcast messages, asynchronous messages (thus decreasing
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latency), authentication, and more. It is designed to be low-overhead;
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messages are sent using a binary protocol, not using XML. D-BUS also
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supports a method call mapping for its messages, but it is not required;
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this makes using the system quite simple.
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This package provides the D-BUS core library and daemon, as well as
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some utilities that complement it.
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