RPC may refer to:
Science and technology
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Rational polynomial coefficient
* Reactive Plastic Curtain, a carbon-dioxide-absorbing device used in some
rebreather
A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's breathing, exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially unused oxygen content, and unused inert content when present, of each breath. ...
breathing sets
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Regional Playback Control RPC-1 and RPC-2 are designations applied to firmware for DVD drives. Older DVD drives use RPC-1 firmware, which allows DVDs from any region to play. Newer drives use RPC-2 firmware, which enforces DVD region code, DVD region coding at the Electronic ...
, a regional lockout technology for DVDs
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Remote procedure call
In distributed computing, a remote procedure call (RPC) is when a computer program causes a procedure (subroutine) to execute in a different address space (commonly on another computer on a shared network), which is coded as if it were a normal (l ...
, an inter-process communication technique in networked computing
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Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call
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Open Network Computing (ONC) Remote Procedure Call (RPC), commonly known as Sun RPC is a remote procedure call system. ONC was originally developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1980s as part of their Network File System project.
ONC is ba ...
, IETF RPC, aka "Sun RPC"
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DCE/RPC DCE/RPC, short for "Distributed Computing Environment / Remote Procedure Calls", is the remote procedure call system developed for the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). This system allows programmers to write distributed software as if it w ...
, for Distributed Computing Environment by Open Software Foundation
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JSON-RPC
JSON-RPC is a remote procedure call protocol encoded in JSON. It is similar to the XML-RPC protocol, defining only a few data types and commands. JSON-RPC allows for notifications (data sent to the server that does not require a response) and for m ...
, a "JSON encoded" variant
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XML-RPC
XML-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism.Simon St. Laurent, Joe Johnston, Edd Dumbill. (June 2001) ''Programming Web Services with XML-RPC.'' O'Reilly. First Edition. ...
, an "XML encoded" variant
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Resistive plate chamber A Resistive plate chamber (RPC) is a particle detector widely used in high energy physics. They are used for detecting muons in most of the modern experiments including ATLAS, CMS, and BES III The Beijing Spectrometer III (BES III) is a particle phy ...
, a simple type of particle detector used in experimental particle physics
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Reversed-phase chromatography
Reversed-phase chromatography (also called RPC, reverse-phase chromatography, or hydrophobic chromatography) includes any chromatographic method that uses a hydrophobic stationary phase.
RPC refers to liquid (rather than gas) chromatography.
St ...
, a chemistry technique
* Acorn
Risc PC
The Risc PC is Acorn Computers's RISC OS/ Acorn RISC Machine computer, launched on 15 April 1994, which superseded the Acorn Archimedes. The Acorn PC card and software allows PC compatible software to be run.
Like the Archimedes, the Risc PC co ...
* Rocket Pod Container, the interchangeable containers used to transport and launch missiles for use with the
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American-developed armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher.
The U.S. Army variant of the MLRS vehicle is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s wer ...
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Rotary phase converter
A rotary phase converter, abbreviated RPC, is an electrical machine that converts power from one polyphase system to another, converting through rotary motion. Typically, single-phase electric power is used to produce three-phase electric power ...
, an electrical machine that converts power from one polyphase system (including frequency) to another, converting through rotary motion.
Organizations
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RPC Group
RPC Group plc () is based in the United Kingdom, and is one of Europe's largest supplier of plastic packaging. Its headquarters are in Rushden in Northamptonshire. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Berry Globa ...
, UK packaging company
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Recorded Picture Company
Recorded Picture Company is a British film production company founded in 1974 by producer Jeremy Thomas.
History
Recorded Picture Company (RPC) is an independent production company that makes feature films for worldwide theatrical release. Jere ...
, a British film-production company
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Reformed Presbyterian Church (disambiguation), denominations following a Presbyterian form of Christianity
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Regent's Park College
Regent's Park College (known colloquially within the university as Regent's) is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles', Oxford, St Giles'.
Founded in 1810, the college moved to it ...
, a permanent private hall of Oxford University
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RPC Fort
Fort ('' uk, КП НВО "Форт" МВС України'' (full name), ''НВО "Форт"'' (short name)) is a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
History
In 1991, a new company was formed to design and manufacture small ar ...
(Research and Production Company Fort), a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer
* Research Policy Council, the executive management team for the
Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress. Operating within the Library of Congress, it works primarily and directly for members of Congress and their committees and staff on a c ...
, a division of the Library of Congress
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Royal Parks Constabulary
The Royal Parks Constabulary (RPC) was the police force formerly responsible for the Royal Parks in London and a number of other locations in Greater London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland. Unlike most other police forces operating in England ...
, a police force which patrolled the eight Royal Parks of London and a number of other locations in London, 1974-2004
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RPC, Inc., a North American oil services business
Law and politics
* ''Reports of Patent, Design and Trademark Cases'', a case-law journal published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the
UK Intellectual Property Office
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK ...
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Revolutionary Policy Committee
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The Revolutionary Policy Committee (RPC) was a faction within the former British political party, the Independent Labour Party (ILP). The RPC was formed in 1931 by members of the ILP who were especially unhappy wit ...
, a faction within UK Independent Labour Party during the 1930s
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Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) is an international commercial law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is a UK top 50 law firm and has been named Law Firm of the Year three times since 2014, and Best Legal Adviser every year since ...
, a law firm based in London
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Revised Penal Code
The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments thereto. It does not comprise a comprehensive compendium of all Philippine penal laws. The ...
of the Philippines
* Rules of Professional Conduct, relating to U.S. lawyers' ethical rules, see
American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) are a set of rules and commentaries on the ethical and professional responsibilities of members of the legal profession in the United States. Although the MRPC generally is ...
Sports
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Russian Paralympic Committee
The Russian Paralympic Committee (russian: Паралимпийский комитет России) is the National Paralympic Committee representing Russia.
History
The Russian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1996. On 7 August 2016, i ...
** RPC, the IPC code used for Russian Olympic Committee athletes:
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Other uses
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Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC), also known as Hong Kong disease, Oriental cholangitis, and Oriental infestational cholangitis, is a chronic infection characterized by recurrent bouts of bacterial cholangitis with primary hepatolithiasis. It ...
, a medical condition
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Red Paraguaya de Comunicación
Trece is a Paraguayan free-to-air television network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many televi ...
, a TV operator in Paraguay
* ''Rei Publicae Constituendae'', part of the title of the members of the
second triumvirate
The Second Triumvirate was an extraordinary commission and magistracy created for Mark Antony, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Octavian to give them practically absolute power. It was formally constituted by law on 27 November 43 BC with a ...
, appearing on Roman coins
* ''République populaire de Chine'', ''República popular China'', ''República popular da China'', the French, Spanish and Portuguese names for the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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RPC, a Panamanian national television network
See also
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