Mailslot Windows -

A Mailslot is a mechanism for one-way interprocess communication. Conceptually, it works very similarly to its real-world namesake. A "client" (the sender) creates a letter and drops it into a mailbox. The "server" (the receiver) owns the mailbox and periodically checks it to retrieve messages.

If you want to broadcast to every computer in a domain, you use the domain name: \\DomainName\mailslot\my_app_status mailslot windows

See MSDN archives: "Mailslot Functions" (CreateMailslot, etc.) – not a paper, but a technical reference. A Mailslot is a mechanism for one-way interprocess