In distributed computing, a remote procedure call (RPC) is when a computer program causes a procedure (subroutine) to execute in a different address space...
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computer network much like local storage is accessed. NFS, like many other protocols, builds on the Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC)...
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Sun RPC (redirect from Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call system)
Open Network Computing (ONC) Remote Procedure Call (RPC), commonly known as Sun RPC is a remote procedure call system. ONC was originally developed by...
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Remote call can refer to: Remote procedure call Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call Remote call forwarding Remote Function Call This disambiguation...
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for DVDs Remote procedure call, an inter-process communication technique in networked computing Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call, IETF RPC...
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Portmap (category Remote procedure call)
just portmap, or rpcbind) is an Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (ONC RPC) service that runs on network nodes that provide other ONC RPC...
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List of TCP and UDP port numbers (redirect from List of well known ports (computing))
Remote Job Entry Protocol. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC0407. RFC 407. Retrieved 2018-04-08. Bierman, A.; Bucci, C.; Iddon, R. (August 2000). Remote Network...
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External Data Representation (category Networking standards)
Network File System protocol ZFS, former Zettabyte File System Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (Sun...
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Interface description language (redirect from Call semantics)
written in C++ and those written in Java. IDLs are commonly used in remote procedure call software. In these cases the machines at either end of the link...
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applications, or distributed computing. The three principal components of NCS were a runtime environment for remote procedure calls, a network interface definition...
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GRPC (category Remote procedure call)
Remote Procedure Calls) is a cross-platform high-performance remote procedure call (RPC) framework. gRPC was initially created by Google, but is open...
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Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC, pronounced /bɔɪŋk/ –rhymes with "oink") is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing...
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Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system...
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DCE/RPC (category Remote procedure call)
"Distributed Computing Environment / Remote Procedure Calls", is the remote procedure call system developed for the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)...
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(OLE), anonymous pipes, named pipes, Local Procedure Call, MailSlots, Message loop, MSRPC, .NET Remoting, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...
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developing client/server applications. The framework includes: a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism known as DCE/RPC a naming (directory) service a...
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Microsoft RPC (category Remote procedure call)
Microsoft RPC (Microsoft Remote Procedure Call) is a modified version of DCE/RPC. Additions include partial support for UCS-2 (but not Unicode) strings...
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Object request broker (category Network software stubs)
one computer to another via a computer network, providing location transparency through remote procedure calls. ORBs promote interoperability of distributed...
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purpose network communications, internetwork routing and packet delivery, and higher level functions such as a reliable stream, and remote procedure calls. XNS...
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Multilingual Plane BNC—Baby Neill Constant BOINC—Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOM—Byte Order Mark BOOTP—Bootstrap Protocol BPA—Oracle...
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or computer architecture. This mobility is the end goal of many remote procedure call systems. An advantage of portable objects is that they are easy...
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ALTS (category Remote procedure call)
authentication and transport encryption system used for securing remote procedure call (RPC) within Google machines. Google started its development in...
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Maven Pom in Java). A remote library runs on another computer and its assets are accessed via remote procedure call (RPC) over a network. This distributed...
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Interface NCP NetWare Core Protocol PAP Printer Access Protocol RPC Remote Procedure Call RTCP RTP Control Protocol SDP Sockets Direct Protocol SMB Server...
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COM was due to extensive use of DCE/RPC (Distributed Computing Environment/Remote Procedure Calls) – more specifically Microsoft's enhanced version, known...
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X Window System (category Remote desktop)
as free and open-source software under the MIT License and similar permissive licenses. X is an architecture-independent system for remote graphical user...
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addition to providing users with a language and a platform-neutral remote procedure call (RPC) specification, CORBA defines commonly needed services such...
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OSI model (redirect from Open Systems Interconnection)
defining higher-level protocols. The UK National Computing Centre publication, Why Distributed Computing, which came from considerable research into future...
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Apache Thrift (category Remote procedure call)
Facebook. Since 2020, it is an open source project in the Apache Software Foundation. It uses a remote procedure call (RPC) framework and combines a software...
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Universally unique identifier (section Remoting)
of distributed computing - PODC '82. pp. 34–41. doi:10.1145/800220.806679. ISBN 0-89791-081-8. "DCE 1.1: Remote Procedure Call". The Open Group. 1997. "DCE...
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