什么是 RPC ?

什么是 RPC ?
Remote Procedure Calls
远程过程调用 (RPC) 是一种协议，程序可使用这种协议向网络中的另一台计算机上的程序请求服务。由于使用 RPC 的程序不必了解支持通信的网络协议的情况，因此 RPC 提高了程序的互操作性。在 RPC 中，发出请求的程序是客户程序，而提供服务的程序是服务器。

RPC（远程过程调用）是一项广泛用于支持分布式应用程序（不同组件分布在不同计算机上的应用程序）的技术。RPC 的主要目的是为组件提供一种相互通信的方式，使这些组件之间能够相互发出请求并传递这些请求的结果。

RPC is a powerful technique for constructing distributed, client-server based applications. It is based on extending the notion of conventional, or local procedure calling, so that the called procedure need not exist in the same address space as the calling procedure. The two processes may be on the same system, or they may be on different systems with a network connecting them. By using RPC, programmers of distributed applications avoid the details of the interface with the network. The transport independence of RPC isolates the application from the physical and logical elements of the data communications mechanism and allows the application to use a variety of transports.

RPC makes the client/server model of computing more powerful and easier to program. When combined with the ONC RPCGEN protocol compiler clients transparently make remote calls through a local procedure interface.