Remote Method Invocation

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Remote Method Invocation
RMI

   <programming> (RMI) Part of the {Java} {programming language}
   {library} which enables a Java program running on one computer
   to access the {objects} and {methods} of another Java program
   running on a different computer.

   Home
   (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/guide/rmi/index.html).

   (1997-09-04)