In computer science, a remote procedure call (RPC) is an inter-process communication that allows a computer program to cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address space (commonly on another computer on a shared network) without the programmer explicitly coding the details for this remote interaction. That is, the programmer writes essentially the same code whether the subroutine is local to the executing program, or remote. When the software in question uses object-oriented principles, RPC is called remote invocation or remote method invocation.
Many different (often incompatible) technologies can be used to implement the concept.
| Internet protocols |
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| Application layer |
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| Transport layer |
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| Routing protocols * |
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| Internet layer |
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| Link layer |
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| * Not a layer. A routing protocol belongs either to application or network layer. |
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