| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | asynchronous procedure call | 非同步程序呼叫 (A function call that executes separately from an executing program when a set of enabling conditions exist. After the conditions have been met, the operating system's kernel issues a software interrupt and directs the executing program to execute the call) |
| comp., MS | procedure call | 程序呼叫 (In programming, an instruction that causes a procedure to be executed. A procedure call can be located in another procedure or in the main body of the program) |
| comp., MS | remote procedure call | 遠端程序呼叫 (A communication mechanism that allows computers to communicate with one another over a network. An RPC consists of a procedure identifier, parameters passed to the procedure, and a value returned to the caller (client computer) after the procedure has executed on the remote system (server computer)) |
