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EIDX Collection of Acronyms and Abbreviations

1-2-3 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
R&D Research and Development
R/W Read/Write
RA Restricted Article
RAB Registrar Accreditation Board
RACE R&D in Advanced Communication Technology
RACF Resource Access Control Facility
RAD Rapid Application Design/Development
radar RAdio Detecting And Ranging
RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RALU Resistor and Arithmetic/Logic Unit
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMS Regional Atmospheric Modeling System
RAN Radio Access Network
RAND Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory
RAND Research ANd Development
RAP RosettaNet Agent Protocol
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, networking standard, RFC-903
RAS Remote Access Services
RC Response Center
RC Run Commands
RCA Root Cause Analysis
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA
RCTL Resistor Capacitor Transistor Logic
RDA Recommended Daily Allowance
RDAT Rotating-head DAT
RDB Relational Data Base
RDBMS RDB Management System
RDDL Resource Directory Description Language
RDF Resource Description Framework
RDRAM Rambus DRAM
REM Resolution Enhancement Technology
REQ Requisition
REQOTE REequest for QuOTEs message, EDIFACT
REQSYS REQuisition SYStem, module of PROMIS
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Remote Function Call
RFC Request For Change
RFC Request For Comment
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFI Request For Information
RFIC Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Quote
RFS Remote File System
RFT Request For Technology
RFU Request For Update
RIA Robotics Industries Association
RIG RosettaNet Implementation Guide
RIM Read-In Mode
RIM Research In Motion, Ltd.
RIM Robotics in Manufacturing
RIP Raw and In-Process
RIPSO Revised IP Security Option
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RLE Run Length Encoding
RMA Returned Material/Merchandise Authorization
RMA Rubber Manufacturers of America
RMM Read-Mostly Mode
RMON Remote MONitoring
RMON MIB Remote network MOnitoring Management Information Base.
RN RosettaNet
RNBD RosettaNet Business Dictionary
RNET Retail NETwork for Electronic Commerce
RNET RosettaNet Implementation Framework
RNIF RosettaNet Implementation Framework
RNO RosettaNet Object
RNTD RosettaNet Technical Dictionary
RO/DI Reverse Osmosis/Deionized (water system)
ROA Return on Assets
ROBOT (n.a.) From Czech "robota" (compulsory labor)
RODI See RO/DI
ROI Return On Investment
ROIC Return On Investment Capital
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPG Report Program Generator (programming language)
RPI Retail Price Index
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RS232 see RS-232
RS-232 serial data communications standard
RSA Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman (public key encryption technology)
RSA Republic of South Africa
RSPC Real Time Statistical Process Control
RS-SC Remote Spooling Communication System, from IBM
RSVP Resource ReserVation Protocol
RT Real Time
RTF Response to Forecast
RTF Rich Text Format
RTL Resistor-Transistor Logic
RTM Return To Manufacturer
RTP Release To Production
RTP Remote Test Package
RTS Reliable Transfer Service
RTS Return To Stock
RTT Round Trip Time
RTU Remote Terminal Unit
ruid Real uid
RUIPT Rapid User Interface Prototyping Tool
RUNE Rosettanet Users NorthEast

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