A remote procedure call (RPC) is a mechanism of communication between two computational environments, where one can be identified as a client, while the other can be identified as a server.
From the client&#39;s point of view, the RPC is just a matter of calling a function with the desired arguments and await for the response, in order to continue the program&#39;s execution.
<img src="https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/p3733ruz3n51tadloaaq.png" alt="Diagram on how a RPC (remote procedure call) works">
Thus, using an RPC allows one programmer to distribute the system, according to their needs.
References:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7oaiUsxSU">RPC Vs Simple Procedure Call - Georgia Tech - Advanced Operating Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/rpc/how-rpc-works">How RPC works</a></li>
<li><a href="https://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave.Marshall/C/node33.html">Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030404113118/http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0650&db=bks&srch=&fname=/SGI_Developer/IRIX_NetPG/sgi_html/ch04.html">Introduction to RPC Programming</a></li>
<li><a href="https://colinhacks.com/essays/painless-typesafety">Building an end-to-end typesafe API — without GraphQL</a></li>
</ul>

Douglas Moura

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What is a RPC (Remote Procedure Call)?