Remote Procedure Call

(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}.

[RFC?]

(1997-11-28)