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idempotent

In RPC, describes a remote procedure call that does not change a state and returns the same information each time it is called with the same input parameters.

input parameter

In a remote procedure call, a parameter containing data that the client application is transmitting to the server application. The in attribute designates an input parameter.

Interface Definition Language (IDL)

The OSF-DCE standard language for specifying the interface for remote procedure calls. See also MIDL.

Internet Protocol (IP)

A connectionless network-layer communications protocol. See also datagram.

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)

A Novell NetWare communication protocol that uses datagram sockets to route information packets over local-area and wide-area networks.

intranet

A private network that uses Internet products and technologies (for example, web servers), but is not available to external Internet users.