RPC = Remote Procedure Call
It’s just a way for one computer (like your app) to talk to another computer (like an Ethereum node) over the internet — and ask it to do something.
In Web3, that means:
You send requests like:
→ "Hey node, what’s the balance of this address?"
→ "Hey node, run this smart contract function!"
The Ethereum node listens and responds.
Imagine:
You say:
📞 “What’s Arif’s token balance?”
The librarian says:
📚 “It’s 23.4 tokens.”
That “phone call” is RPC.