Glossary R

RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive (Independent) Disks.
RAM = Random Access Memory.
RAMDAC = Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter.
RARP = Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
RAS (1) = Sun Microsystems Raster image file.
RAS (2) = Row Access Strobe.
RAS (3) = Remote Access Service (Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003).
RAVE = Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine (Apple).
RAW = Unencoded pixel data image file.
RDF = Resource Description Framework (Netscape Aurora).
RDRAM = Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory.
REG = REGistry file format (Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003).
Registry = Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry database.
RegEdit = Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
RegEdt32 = Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
RFC = Request for Comments.
RFI = Radio Frequency Interference.
RFID = Radio Frequency IDentification technology. Also DSRC.
RGB = Red Green Blue picture encoding.
RIMM = Rambus Inline Memory Module.
RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computing (CPU).
RIVA = Real Time Interactive Video and Animation (NVidia 3D).
RLE = CompuServe/Microsoft Windows Run Length Encoded graphic file.
RM386 = Helix Software 386 Expanded Memory Manager (RM386.EXE).
ROM = Read Only Memory.
ROT13 = ROTation by 13 letters of the alphabet (encryption scheme).
RPC = Remote Procedure Calls.
rpm = Rotations Per Minute.
RPTV = Rear Projection TeleVision.
RSA = Rivest, Shamir and Adleman public key encryption algorithms (RSA data security).
RSS = Really Simple Syndication = RDF (Rich) Site Summary (XML news reader).
RTC = Real Time Clock (BIOS).
RTF = Rich Text Format (Microsoft Word document).
RTM = Released To Manufacturing (Microsoft product final/Gold release).
RWIN = Receive WINdow (Internet protocol).