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: A method of utilizing a system comprising:detecting that a memory access has been attempted involving a region of memory that is mapped to a network device; and

if so, attempting to perform the memory access utilizing, at least in part, the networked device and a network interface.

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2

: The method of Claim 1, wherein the region of memory that is mapped to a network device is a region of a virtual memory space wherein the memory addresses are greater than a physical memory space.

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3

: The method of Claim 1, wherein detecting includes determining if the system supports network address trapping.

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4

: The method of Claim 3, wherein determining if the system supports network address trapping includes:determining if the hardware of the system supports network address trapping.

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5

: The method of Claim 1, wherein attempting includes:mapping a memory address of the memory access to a network address;

attempting to transmit information representing the memory access to the network address.

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6

: The method of Claim 5, wherein attempting to transmit information includes transmitting information utilizing a standard Internet Protocol (IP).

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7

: The method of Claim 1, wherein the memory access facilitates inter-process communication.

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8

: A method of facilitating a networked memory address space comprising:detecting if a hypervisor supports network address trapping;

if so, enabling guest system trapping;

when a memory access is attempted by a guest system, trapping the memory access;

determining if the memory access is to a memory address mapped to a network memory address; and

if so, facilitating the memory access to the networked memory address.

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9

: The method of Claim 8, wherein the memory access facilitates communication between a plurality of virtual machines.

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10

: The method of Claim 9, wherein trapping the memory access includes utilizing a hardware feature of a system that is running the hypervisor.

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