remote procedure call

noun

A technology 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.

Similar
remote method invocation
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Meanings

nounremote procedure call (countable and uncountable, plural remote procedure calls)

plural remote procedure calls

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA technology 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.

    Synonyms: remote method invocation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA technology 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.

Similar
remote method invocation
Also see
remoting

Translations

Czech vzdálené volání procedur
  • vzdálené volání procedursoftware technology
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