ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

NetPIPE

Okay kiddo, so let's talk about netpipe! Netpipe is a computer program that helps different computers talk to each other really fast.

Imagine you and your friend want to send messages to each other really quickly. You could use your phones to text each other, but that can take a little bit of time depending on your phone's signal and how fast you type. But say you and your friend could talk to each other using a special machine that sends messages really, really quickly. That's what netpipe is like!

Netpipe helps different computers talk to each other using a special language that's really quick and efficient. It's like a secret code that lets the computers send information back and forth really fast. This can be really helpful when you need to do things like transfer a lot of data or run programs on different computers at the same time.

So that's netpipe in a nutshell, but there's a lot more to it if you want to learn more!