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+fairmq
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+The standard FairRoot is running all the different analysis tasks within one process. The FairMQ ([Message Queue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_queue)) allows starting tasks on different processes and provides the communication layer between these processes. 
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+The underlying communication layer in the FairMQ is now provided by:
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+- [ZeroMQ](http://zeromq.org);
+- [NanoMSG](http://nanomsg.org).
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