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The Network Computing System (NCS) was an implementation of the Network Computing Architecture (NCA). It was created at Apollo Computer in the 1980s. It comprised a set of tools for implementing distributed software applications, or distributed computing.cite-ref-footnotekong19871-1-0[1] The three principal components of NCS were a runtime environment for remote procedure calls, a network interface definition language (NIDL) compiler, and a location broker service.cite-ref-hpprofessional198910-cce-2-0[2] The location broker differentiated NCS from similar offerings, such as the rival Open Network Computing technology from Sun Microsystems, by permitting services to be distributed in a dynamic fashion and offering the possibility of "location independence".cite-ref-networkworld19891120-rpc-3-0[3]

The design and implementation of DCE/RPC, the remote procedure call mechanism in the Distributed Computing Environment, is based on NCA/NCS.cite-ref-connexions199303-dce-4-0[4] In response to a request for proposals from the Open Software Foundation for distributed computing environments,cite-ref-networkworld19890619-osf-5-0[5] NCS featured in the DEcorum proposal submitted by Apollo, by then incorporated as a division within Hewlett-Packard, along with IBM, Locus Computing, Transarc, Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft.cite-ref-hpprofessional199005-decorum-6-0[6] It also was the first implementation of universally unique identifiers, these being employed by the location broker to identify objects in the distributed system.cite-ref-usenix-7-0[7]

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cite-note-footnotekong19871-11. ↑ Kong 1987, p. 1.

cite-note-hpprofessional198910-cce-22. ↑ citerefcarl1989Carl, Mike (October 1989). "Cooperative Computing". HP Professional. pp. 54, 56–59. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

cite-note-networkworld19891120-rpc-33. ↑ citerefkobielus1989Kobielus, James (20 November 1989). "RPC tools pave way for cooperative processing". Network World. pp. 1, 40–41, 44, 46. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

cite-note-connexions199303-dce-44. ↑ citerefchappell1993Chappell, David (March 1993). "The OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)". ConneXions. Vol. 7, no. 3. pp. 18–27. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

cite-note-networkworld19890619-osf-55. ↑ citerefbrown1989Brown, Jim (19 June 1989). "OSF asks users, vendors for distributed computing specs". Network World. p. 69. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

cite-note-hpprofessional199005-decorum-66. ↑ citerefsharp1990Sharp, Bill (May 1990). "A modicum of DEcorum". HP Professional. pp. 66, 68–69. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

cite-note-usenix-77. ↑ citerefpeterson1987Peterson, John W. (October 1987). "Distributed Computation for Computer Animation". Proceedings of the Fourth Computer Graphics Workshop. USENIX Association: 24–36. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

• citerefkong1987Kong, Mike; et al. (Apollo Computer Inc.) (1987). Network Computing System Reference Manual. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-617085-4.

• citerefzahn1990Zahn, Lisa; et al. (Apollo Computer Inc.) (1990). Network Computing Architecture. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-611674-4.

• Lyons, Tom (1991). Network Computing System Tutorial. Hewlett-Packard Company, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-617242-3

• P. Leach et al. (2005). RFC 4122 — A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace. Internet Engineering Task Force.