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RPC

Mechanism to allow software to execute a remote procedure

Also known as Remote Procedure Call

Instance of: technology
, teleoperation
Part of: inter-process communication

Overview

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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, which is written as if it were a normal (local) procedure call, without the programmer explicitly writing the details for the remote interaction. That is, the programmer writes essentially the same code whether the subroutine is local to the executing program, or remote. This is a form of server interaction, typically implemented via a request–response message passing system. In the object-oriented programming paradigm, RPCs are represented by remote method invocation (RMI). The RPC model implies a level of location transparency, namely that calling procedures are largely the same whether they are local or remote, but usually, they are not identical, so local calls can be distinguished from remote calls. Remote calls are usually orders of magnitude slower and less reliable than local calls, so distinguishing them is important.

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