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Chapter 3. Writing a TCP-based RPC service > What you’re creating
3.1. What you’re creating
The RPC server will allow you to listen on a TCP socket and accept a single connection from an outside TCP client. After it’s connected, it will let a client run functions via a simple ASCII text protocol over TCP. Figure 3.1 illustrates the design and function of the RPC server.
Figure 3.1. RPC server process connected through a socket to the world outside. It accepts requests over TCP, performs them, and returns the results to the client.
