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== Ports ==
 
== Ports ==
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Ports are IPC interfaces exposed by the server using CreatePort. Clients can start IPC sessions by connecting to a server through a port using ConnectToPort. On the client-side, a port is identified by a fixed string, while on the server-side it is represented by a kernel handle using which the server can wait for incoming connections (using svcWaitSynchronization on that handle). "Anonymous" ports can be created by not providing a port name to the kernel during creation. In this case, it is not possible to create a session through ConnectToPort - sessions can only be created if one has a handle to the port itself.
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Ports are interfaces for managing multiple client sessions to the same high-level server. Ports are created through svcCreatePort, and can be global or private. A global port is created by passing a name for the port to svcCreatePort. Clients can start IPC sessions to global ports by connecting to the port using svcConnectToPort, passing the desired port name. If the port is private, it is not possible to create a session through svcConnectToPort - sessions can only be created if one has a handle to the port itself, obtained from the call to svcCreatePort. When a client wishes to connect to a port (i.e. create a session), the server must accept the new session using svcAcceptSession. The kernel notifies the server whenever a new session is incoming via the server's port handle. The server can wait for this notification through svcWaitSynchronization or svcReplyAndReceive.
    
== Services ==
 
== Services ==
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