shm_overview.7: wfix: s/semaphore/shared memory/

Reported-by: Tim Stoakes <tim@stoakes.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
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.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2008-06-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH SHM_OVERVIEW 7 2010-09-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
shm_overview \- Overview of POSIX shared memory
.SH DESCRIPTION
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System V shared memory
.RB ( shmget (2),
.BR shmop (2),
etc.) is an older semaphore API.
etc.) is an older shared memory API.
POSIX shared memory provides a simpler, and better designed interface;
on the other hand POSIX shared memory is somewhat less widely available
(especially on older systems) than System V shared memory.