Remote Procedure Call (RPC) (RPC)
GIS
A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a communication mechanism which allows one UNIX process to communicate with another UNIX process. These communicating processes can be on different computers over a network. ArcStorm servers and clients use RPCs to communicate with each other.
- — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27
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Microsoft Active Directory
A communication mechanism that allows computers to communicate with one another over a network. An RPC consists of a procedure identifier, parameters passed to the procedure, and a value returned to the caller (client computer) after the procedure has executed on the remote system (server computer).
Telecommunications
A software process by which retrieval of a network-launched application is initiated.