diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/README.md b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/README.md
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+## diff
+```bash
+python3 password_cracking_parallel.py
+Processing number combinations concurrently
+Processing 0 to 9999998
+Processing 9999999 to 19999998
+Processing 19999999 to 29999998
+Processing 29999999 to 39999998
+Processing 39999999 to 49999998
+Processing 49999999 to 59999998
+Processing 59999999 to 69999998
+Processing 69999999 to 79999998
+Processing 79999999 to 89999998
+Processing 89999999 to 99999999
+Waiting for chunks to finish
+PASSWORD CRACKED: 87654321
+PROCESS TIME: 9.041890041
+
+
+python3.11 password_cracking_parallel.py
+Processing number combinations concurrently
+Processing 0 to 9999998
+Processing 9999999 to 19999998
+Processing 19999999 to 29999998
+Processing 29999999 to 39999998
+Processing 39999999 to 49999998
+Processing 49999999 to 59999998
+Processing 59999999 to 69999998
+Processing 69999999 to 79999998
+Processing 79999999 to 89999998
+Processing 89999999 to 99999999
+Waiting for chunks to finish
+PASSWORD CRACKED: 87654321
+PROCESS TIME: 7.3755793329910375
+```
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diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/library_thread_pool.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/library_thread_pool.py
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+"""Library thread pool implementation"""
+
+import time
+import os
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from threading import current_thread
+
+
+def cpu_waster(i: int) -> str:
+    """Wasting the processor time, professionally"""
+    name = current_thread().getName()
+    print(f"{name} doing Task {i}")
+    time.sleep(3)
+    return f"Task {i} completed"
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(
+        max_workers=os.cpu_count(),
+        thread_name_prefix="Pool_Thread"
+    ) as pool:
+        tasks = []
+        for i in range(20):
+            tasks.append(pool.submit(cpu_waster, i))
+
+        print("All work requests sent")
+        for task in as_completed(tasks):
+            print(task.result())
+        print("All work completed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/message_queue.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/message_queue.py
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+++ b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/message_queue.py
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+"""Using message queues for IPC between threads"""
+
+import time
+from queue import Queue
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
+
+
+class Worker(Thread):
+    def __init__(self, queue: Queue, id: int):
+        super().__init__(name=str(id))
+        self.queue = queue
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        while not self.queue.empty():
+            # getting new data for processing from the queue
+            item = self.queue.get()
+            print(f"Thread {current_thread().name}: "
+                  f"processing item {item} from the queue")
+            time.sleep(2)
+
+
+def main(thread_num: int) -> None:
+    # creating a queue and putting integer number into it to process
+    q = Queue()
+    for i in range(10):
+        q.put(i)
+
+    threads = []
+    # running threads to process data from the queue
+    for i in range(thread_num):
+        thread = Worker(q, i + 1)
+        thread.start()
+        threads.append(thread)
+
+    # block the main thread until the child threads has finished
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.join()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    thread_num = 4
+    main(thread_num)
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/password_cracking_parallel.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/password_cracking_parallel.py
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+"""Program for cracking the password consisting of only numbers using multi
+cores in parallel"""
+
+import os
+import math
+import time
+import typing as T
+import hashlib
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+
+ChunkRange = T.Tuple[int, int]
+
+
+def get_combinations(*, length: int, min_number: int = 0, max_number: int = None) -> T.List[str]:
+    """Generate all possible password combinations"""
+    combinations = []
+    if not max_number:
+        # calculating maximum number based on the length
+        max_number = int(math.pow(10, length) - 1)
+
+    # go through all possible combinations in a given range
+    for i in range(min_number, max_number + 1):
+        str_num = str(i)
+        # fill in the missing numbers with zeros
+        zeros = "0" * (length - len(str_num))
+        combinations.append("".join((zeros, str_num)))
+    return combinations
+
+
+def get_crypto_hash(password: str) -> str:
+    """"Calculating cryptographic hash of the password"""
+    return hashlib.sha256(password.encode()).hexdigest()
+
+
+def check_password(expected_crypto_hash: str,
+                   possible_password: str) -> bool:
+    actual_crypto_hash = get_crypto_hash(possible_password)
+    # compare the resulted cryptographic hash with the one stored on the system
+    return expected_crypto_hash == actual_crypto_hash
+
+
+def get_chunks(num_ranges: int,
+               length: int) -> T.Iterator[ChunkRange]:
+    """Splitting the passwords into chunks using break points"""
+    max_number = int(math.pow(10, length) - 1)
+    chunk_starts = [int(max_number / num_ranges * i)
+                    for i in range(num_ranges)]
+    chunk_ends = [start_point - 1
+                  for start_point in
+                  chunk_starts[1:]] + [max_number]
+    return zip(chunk_starts, chunk_ends)
+
+
+def crack_chunk(crypto_hash: str, length: int, chunk_start: int,
+                chunk_end: int) -> T.Union[str, None]:
+    """Brute force the password combinations"""
+    print(f"Processing {chunk_start} to {chunk_end}")
+    combinations = get_combinations(length=length, min_number=chunk_start,
+                                    max_number=chunk_end)
+    for combination in combinations:
+        if check_password(crypto_hash, combination):
+            return combination  # found it
+    return  # not found
+
+
+def crack_password_parallel(crypto_hash: str, length: int) -> None:
+    """Orchestrate cracking the password between different processes"""
+    # getting number of available processors
+    num_cores = os.cpu_count()
+    print("Processing number combinations concurrently")
+    start_time = time.perf_counter()
+
+    # processing each chunk in a separate process concurrently
+    with Pool() as pool:
+        arguments = ((crypto_hash, length, chunk_start, chunk_end) for
+                     chunk_start, chunk_end in
+                     get_chunks(num_cores, length))
+        results = pool.starmap(crack_chunk, arguments)
+        print("Waiting for chunks to finish")
+        pool.close()
+        pool.join()
+
+    result = [res for res in results if res]
+    print(f"PASSWORD CRACKED: {result[0]}")
+    process_time = time.perf_counter() - start_time
+    print(f"PROCESS TIME: {process_time}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    crypto_hash = \
+        "e24df920078c3dd4e7e8d2442f00e5c9ab2a231bb3918d65cc50906e49ecaef4"
+    length = 8
+    crack_password_parallel(crypto_hash, length)
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/pipe.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/pipe.py
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+"""Using pipes for IPC between threads"""
+
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
+from multiprocessing import Pipe
+from multiprocessing.connection import Connection
+
+
+class Writer(Thread):
+    """Writer thread will write messages into the pipe"""
+    def __init__(self, conn: Connection):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.conn = conn
+        self.name = "Writer"
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        print(f"{current_thread().name}: Sending rubber duck...")
+        self.conn.send("Rubber duck")
+
+
+class Reader(Thread):
+    """Reader thread will read messages from the pipe"""
+    def __init__(self, conn: Connection):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.conn = conn
+        self.name = "Reader"
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        print(f"{current_thread().name}: Reading...")
+        msg = self.conn.recv()
+        print(f"{current_thread().name}: Received: {msg}")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    # Connections for reading and writing
+    reader_conn, writer_conn = Pipe()
+    reader = Reader(reader_conn)
+    writer = Writer(writer_conn)
+
+    threads = [
+        writer,
+        reader
+    ]
+    # start threads
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.start()
+
+    # block the main thread until the child threads has finished
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.join()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/shared_ipc.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/shared_ipc.py
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+"""Using shared memory IPC between threads"""
+
+import time
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
+
+SIZE = 5
+# setup shared memory
+shared_memory = [-1] * SIZE
+
+
+class Producer(Thread):
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.name = "Producer"
+        global shared_memory
+        for i in range(SIZE):
+            print(f"{current_thread().name}: Writing {int(i)}")
+            shared_memory[i - 1] = i
+
+
+class Consumer(Thread):
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.name = "Consumer"
+        global shared_memory
+        for i in range(SIZE):
+            # try reading the data until succession
+            while True:
+                line = shared_memory[i]
+                if line == -1:
+                    # data hasn't change - waiting for a second
+                    print(f"{current_thread().name}: Data not available\n"
+                          f"Sleeping for 1 second before retrying")
+                    time.sleep(1)
+                    continue
+                print(f"{current_thread().name}: Read: {int(line)}")
+                break
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    threads = [
+        Consumer(),
+        Producer(),
+    ]
+
+    # start threads
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.start()
+
+    # block the main thread until the child threads has finished
+    for thread in threads:
+        thread.join()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/sockets.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/sockets.py
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+""" Using sockets for IPC """
+
+import socket
+import os.path
+import time
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
+
+# in Unix everything is a file
+SOCK_FILE = "./mailbox"
+BUFFER_SIZE = 1024
+
+
+class Sender(Thread):
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.name = "Sender"
+        # AF_UNIX (Unix domain socket) and SOCK_STREAM are constants
+        # that represent the socket family and socket type respectively
+        client = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        client.connect(SOCK_FILE)
+
+        messages = ["Hello", " ", "world!"]
+        for msg in messages:
+            print(f"{current_thread().name}: Send: '{msg}'")
+            client.sendall(str.encode(msg))
+
+        client.close()
+
+
+class Receiver(Thread):
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        self.name = "Receiver"
+        server = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        # bind socket to the file
+        server.bind(SOCK_FILE)
+        # let's start listening mode for this socket
+        server.listen()
+
+        print(f"{current_thread().name}: Listening for incoming messages...")
+        # accept a connection
+        conn, addr = server.accept()
+
+        while True:
+            # receive data from socket
+            data = conn.recv(BUFFER_SIZE)
+            if not data:
+                break
+            message = data.decode()
+            print(f"{current_thread().name}: Received: '{message}'")
+
+        server.close()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    # verify if exists the sock file
+    if os.path.exists(SOCK_FILE):
+        os.remove(SOCK_FILE)
+
+    # receiver will create a socket and socket file
+    receiver = Receiver()
+    receiver.start()
+    # waiting untill the socket has been created
+    time.sleep(1)
+    sender = Sender()
+    sender.start()
+
+    # block the main thread until the child threads has finished
+    for thread in [receiver, sender]:
+        thread.join()
+
+    # cleaning up
+    os.remove(SOCK_FILE)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/thread_pool.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_parallel/thread_pool.py
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+"""Simple thread pool implementation"""
+
+import time
+import queue
+import typing as T
+from threading import Thread, current_thread
+
+Callback = T.Callable[..., None]
+Task = T.Tuple[Callback, T.Any, T.Any]
+TaskQueue = queue.Queue
+
+
+class Worker(Thread):
+    """Thread executing tasks from a given tasks queue"""
+    def __init__(self, tasks: queue.Queue[Task]):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.tasks = tasks
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        # running the thread indefinitely
+        while True:
+            # getting the tasks from queue and execute
+            func, args, kargs = self.tasks.get()
+            try:
+                func(*args, **kargs)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(e)
+            self.tasks.task_done()
+
+
+class ThreadPool:
+    """Pool of threads consuming tasks from a queue"""
+    def __init__(self, num_threads: int):
+        # setting up the queue to put tasks
+        self.tasks: TaskQueue = queue.Queue(num_threads)
+        self.num_threads = num_threads
+
+        # create long-running threads
+        for _ in range(self.num_threads):
+            worker = Worker(self.tasks)
+            worker.setDaemon(True)
+            worker.start()
+
+    def submit(self, func: Callback, *args, **kargs) -> None:
+        """Add a task to the queue"""
+        self.tasks.put((func, args, kargs))
+
+    def wait_completion(self) -> None:
+        """Wait for completion of all the tasks in the queue"""
+        # join method that blocks the main thread until the child
+        # threads has finished
+        self.tasks.join()
+
+
+def cpu_waster(i: int) -> None:
+    """Wasting the processor time, professionally"""
+    name = current_thread().getName()
+    print(f"{name} doing {i} work")
+    time.sleep(3)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    pool = ThreadPool(num_threads=5)
+    for i in range(20):
+        pool.submit(cpu_waster, i)
+
+    print("All work requests sent")
+    pool.wait_completion()
+    print("All work completed")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/vs/python/password_cracking_sequential.py b/vs/python/password_cracking_sequential.py
index 8aa10e3..d8b3543 100644
--- a/vs/python/password_cracking_sequential.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3.9
-
 """Program for cracking the password consisting with only numbers using brute
 force approach sequentially"""