Remote Procedure Call
<networking, programming> (RPC) A protocol which allows a program running
on one host to cause code to be executed on another host without the programmer
needing to explicitly code for this. RPC is an easy and popular paradigm for
implementing the client-server model of distributed computing. An RPC is
initiated by the caller (client) sending request message to a remote system (the
server) to execute a certain procedure using arguments supplied. A result
message is returned to the caller. There are many variations and subtleties in
various implementations, resulting in a variety of different (incompatible) RPC
protocols.
Sun RPC is defined in RFC 1057 and ONC RPC in RFC 1831.
(2003-06-04)
Nearby terms:
Remote Method Invocation « remote monitoring «
Remote Operations Service Element « Remote
Procedure Call » Remote Reference Layer » Remote
Spooling Communication Subsystem » Remote Write
Protocol
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