ONC RPC
E341127
ONC RPC (Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call) is a widely used remote procedure call protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that enables networked applications to communicate and invoke procedures on remote systems in a platform-independent way.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ONC RPC canonical | 4 |
| Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call | 1 |
| Remote Procedure Call | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3245512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ONC RPC Context triple: [NIS, usesService, ONC RPC]
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A.
Object Naming Service (ONS)
Object Naming Service (ONS) is an EPCglobal network service that maps Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) to internet resources, enabling discovery of detailed information about tagged objects.
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B.
NRPC
NRPC (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is the U.S. government-owned corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service under the brand name Amtrak.
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C.
NRPC
NRPC (Notes Remote Procedure Call) is the proprietary network protocol used by IBM/Lotus Notes and Domino servers to enable client-server communication and data replication.
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D.
OPC
OPC is a conservative Reformed denomination in the Presbyterian tradition, known for its adherence to historic confessions and emphasis on doctrinal orthodoxy.
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E.
OPC
OPC is the acronym for the Office of Policy Coordination, a covert U.S. government organization that oversaw psychological and paramilitary operations during the early Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ONC RPC Target entity description: ONC RPC (Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call) is a widely used remote procedure call protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that enables networked applications to communicate and invoke procedures on remote systems in a platform-independent way.
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A.
Object Naming Service (ONS)
Object Naming Service (ONS) is an EPCglobal network service that maps Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) to internet resources, enabling discovery of detailed information about tagged objects.
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B.
NRPC
NRPC (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is the U.S. government-owned corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service under the brand name Amtrak.
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C.
NRPC
NRPC (Notes Remote Procedure Call) is the proprietary network protocol used by IBM/Lotus Notes and Domino servers to enable client-server communication and data replication.
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D.
OPC
OPC is the acronym for the Office of Policy Coordination, a covert U.S. government organization that oversaw psychological and paramilitary operations during the early Cold War.
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E.
OPC
OPC is Opel's high-performance division responsible for developing sportier, more powerful versions of the brand's standard production models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sun Microsystems technology
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ remote procedure call protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ONC RPC ⓘ |
| authenticationMechanism |
AUTH_DES
ⓘ
AUTH_SYS ⓘ RPCSEC_GSS ⓘ |
| canUseTransport | IP ⓘ |
| category |
distributed computing technology
ⓘ
middleware protocol ⓘ |
| designedFor | remote procedure calls over a network ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficiency
ⓘ
portability ⓘ simplicity ⓘ |
| developedBy | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| enables | invocation of procedures on remote systems ⓘ |
| fullName |
Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call
ⓘ
linked to:
ONC RPC
|
| hasComponent |
RPC client
ⓘ
RPC server ⓘ portmapper ⓘ |
| influenced | many later RPC systems ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sun Microsystems in the 1980s ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| previouslySpecifiedIn | RFC 1831 ⓘ |
| serviceDiscoveryMechanism |
portmapper
ⓘ
rpcbind ⓘ |
| specifiedIn | RFC 5531 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| supports |
language-independent communication
ⓘ
platform-independent communication ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
authentication
ⓘ
versioning of RPC programs ⓘ |
| transportProtocol |
TCP
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
UDP ⓘ |
| underlies |
NFS
ⓘ
Network File System ⓘ
linked to:
NFS
|
| usedFor |
distributed systems
ⓘ
network file systems ⓘ networked applications ⓘ |
| usedIn |
BSD systems
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD
Linux systems ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
UNIX systems ⓘ
linked to:
Unix
|
| uses |
XDR
ⓘ
client-server model ⓘ |
| usesForDataRepresentation | External Data Representation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ONC RPC Description of subject: ONC RPC (Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call) is a widely used remote procedure call protocol developed by Sun Microsystems that enables networked applications to communicate and invoke procedures on remote systems in a platform-independent way.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.