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Remote procedure call

In distributed computing, a remote procedure call (RPC) is an action in which a computer program causes a procedure (subroutine) to execute in a different address space of the current process (commonly on another computer on a shared computer network), which is written as if it were a normal (local) procedure call, without the programmer explicitly…

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ElixirSAPNFSD-BusXML-RPC
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XMLHttpRequestIdempotentLow-levelMarshalling
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Remote procedure call

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related to External links · 13
Remote procedure call → Cardiff UniversityIntroduction, DefaultRFC, Dr Dave Marshall, Encryption, ONC RPC, Remote Procedure Calls, RFC, RPC, RPC Programming, SGI IRIX, Specifies, Towards Remote Procedure Call, XDR
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Remote procedure call → ARPANET, Bruce Jay Nelson, Distributed Processes, In, Per Brinch Hansen, RC, Remote, Request, The
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Remote procedure call → Also, An, An RPC, Idempotent, RPC, The, There, While, XMLHttpRequest

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enabling language interoperabilityinstance ofand built-in support for features0.80text
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksRFC0.60section
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksTowards Remote Procedure Call0.60section
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksEncryption0.60section
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksDefaultRFC0.60section
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksSpecifies0.60section
Remote procedure callrelated to External linksONC RPC0.60section

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