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Remote Function Call


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DEFINITION - RFC is also an abbreviation for Request for Comments.

A Remote Function Call (RFC) is an application program interface to R/3 applications from SAP, the German company that sells a coordinated set of applications and databases to Fortune 1000 companies. SAP customers who wish to write other applications that communicate with R/3 applications and databases can use the RFC interface to do so.

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LAST UPDATED: 21 Jun 2007

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