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diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-glossary.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-glossary.xml index 2521f6c9f0..aa069864cf 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-glossary.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-glossary.xml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ </glossentry> <glossentry> - <glossterm>Active Directory Service</glossterm> + <glossterm>Active Directory Service</glossterm> <acronym>ADS</acronym> <glossdef><para> A service unique to Microsoft Windows 200x servers that provides a centrally managed @@ -203,6 +203,23 @@ </glossentry> <glossentry> + <glossterm>Remote Procedure Call</glossterm> + <acronym>RPC</acronym> + <glossdef><para> + RPCs are a means for executing network operations. The RPC protocol is independent of transport protocols. RPC + does not try to implement any kind of reliability and the application that uses RPCs must be aware of the type + of transport protocol underneath RPC. An RPC is like a programatic a jump subroutine over a network. RPCs used + in the UNIX environment are specified in RFC 1050. 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. + </para></glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> <glossterm>Server Message Block</glossterm> <acronym>SMB</acronym> <glossdef><para> |