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gRPC - An RPC library and framework
[gRPC - An RPC library and framework](http://github.com/google/grpc)
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Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
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gRPC users typically call into these APIs on the Client side and implement
the corresponding API on the server side.

#### Synchronous vs. Async
Synchronous RPC calls, that block till a response arrives from the server, are
#### Synchronous vs. asynchronous
Synchronous RPC calls, that block until a response arrives from the server, are
the closest approximation to the abstraction of a procedure call that RPC
aspires to.

On the other hand, networks are inherently asynchronous and in many scenarios,
it is desirable to have the ability to start RPCs without blocking the current
thread.

The gRPC programming surface in most languages comes in both Synchronous and
async flavors.
The gRPC programming surface in most languages comes in both synchronous and
asynchronous flavors.


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