Networking Glossary
- RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) See BOC. [Source: RFC 1208]
- RTSE (Reliable Transfer Service Element) A lightweight OSI application service used above X.25 networks to handshake application PDUs across the Session Service and TP0. Not needed with TP4, and not recommended for use in the U.S. except when talking to X.400 ADMDs. [Source: RFC 1208]
- RFS (Remote File System) A distributed file system, similar to NFS, developed by AT&T and distributed with their UNIX System V operating system. See NFS. [Source: RFC 1208]
- ROSE (Remote Operations Service Element) A lightweight RPC protocol, used in OSI Message Handling, Directory, and Network Management application protocols. [Source: RFC 1208]
- RPC (Remote Procedure Call) An easy and popular paradigm for implementing the client-server model of distributed computing. A request is sent to a remote system to execute a designated procedure, using arguments supplied, and the result returned to the caller. There are many variations and subtleties, resulting in a variety of different RPC protocols. [Source: RFC 1208]
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