Ipc Inter Process Communication Format For Efficient Data Serialization

via “ipc (inter-process communication) format for efficient data serialization”

Cross-language columnar memory format for zero-copy data.

Unique: Preserves Arrow's columnar memory layout in serialized form, enabling memory-mapped access and zero-copy deserialization, rather than row-wise serialization like Protocol Buffers or MessagePack

vs others: Faster serialization/deserialization than Parquet because no compression overhead; enables memory-mapping unlike Parquet; more efficient than JSON/CSV for structured data