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 ## Documentation
 
-Standard [FairRoot](https://github.com/FairRootGroup/FairRoot) is running all the different analysis tasks within one process. 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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 1. [Device](docs/Device.md#1-device)
    1. [Topology](docs/Device.md#11-topology)
    2. [Communication Patterns](docs/Device.md#12-communication-patterns)