Computer Abbreviations—R

Computer Abbreviations—R

R

RACF: Resource Access Control Facility

RAD: Rapid Application Development

RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

RAID: Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAII: Resource Acquisition Is Initialization

RAIT: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes

RAM: Random Access Memory

RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RAS: Reliability, Availability and Serviceability

RAS: Remote Access Service

RC: Region Code

RC: Release Candidate

RC: Run Commands

RCS: Revision Control System

RD: Remote Desktop

rd: remove directory

RDBMS: Relational Database Management System

RDC: Remote Desktop Connection

RDF: Resource Description Framework

RDM: Relational Data Model

RDOS: Real-time Disk Operating System

RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol

RDS: Remote Data Services

REFAL: Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language

REST: Representational State Transfer

regex: Regular Expression

regexp: Regular Expression

RF: Radio Frequency

RFC: Request For Comments

RFI: Radio Frequency Interference

RFID: Radio Frequency Identification

RGB: Red, Green, Blue

RGBA: Red, Green, Blue, Alpha

RHL: Red Hat Linux

RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

RIA: Rich Internet Application

RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America

RIP: Raster Image Processor

RIP: Routing Information Protocol

RIR: Regional Internet registry

RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RISC OS: Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System

RJE: Remote Job Entry

RLE: Run-Length Encoding

RLL: Run-Length Limited

rmdir: remove directory

RMI: Remote Method Invocation

RMS: Richard Matthew Stallman

ROM: Read Only Memory

ROMB: Read-Out Motherboard

ROM-DOS: Read Only Memory—Disk Operating System

RPC: Remote Procedure Call

RPG: Report Program Generator

RPM: RPM Package Manager

RRAS: Routing and Remote Access Service

RSA: Rivest Shamir Adleman

RSI: Repetitive Strain Injury

RSS: Radio Service Software

RSS: Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication

RTAI: Real-Time Application Interface

RTC: Real-Time Clock

RTE: Real-Time Enterprise

RTEMS: Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems

RTL: Right-to-Left

RTOS: Real-Time Operating System

RTP: Real-time Transport Protocol

RTS: Ready To Send

RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol

RTTI: Run-time Type Information
RWD: Responsive Web Design