The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Remote Method Invocation
RMI

    (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)