{"id":10257,"date":"2012-08-30T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/remote-procedure-call\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:05:06","slug":"remote-procedure-call","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24022\/remote-procedure-call-rpc","title":{"rendered":"Remote Procedure Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_remote_procedure_call_mean\">What Does Remote Procedure Call Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A remote procedure call (RPC) is a network programming model or interprocess communication technique that is used for point-to-point communications between software applications. 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