| CODE | ABBREVIATION |
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R
| Reminde/ Ring |
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R&R
| Rate & Route |
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R&SE
| Research & Systems Engineering |
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R-)
| Broken Glasses |
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R/O
| Read/Only |
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R/W
| Read Write |
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R/WM
| Read/Write Memory |
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RA
| Rate Adapter (0 1 2) / Read Audit / Recognition Arrangement / Registration Authority |
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RAB
| RAID Advisory Board |
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RABID
| Rebellion Against Big Irrepressible Dweebs |
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RACE
| Research and development of Advanced Communication in Europe |
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RAD
| Rapid Application Development / Remote Antenna Driver |
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RAD/RASP
| Remote Antenna Driver / Remote Antenna Signal Processor |
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RADAR
| RAdio Detection And Ranging |
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RADD
| Rapid Application Development and Deployment |
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RADF
| Reversing Automatic Document Feeder |
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RADIUS
| Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
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RADSL
| Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line |
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RAEBNC
| Read and enjoyed but no comment. |
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RAF
| Record Address File |
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RAG
| Registration and Advisory Group |
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RAI
| Remote Alarm Signal |
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RAID
| Redundant Array of Independent Disks / Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk/Drives |
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RAM
| Random Access Memory / Remote Access Modem |
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RAMAC
| RAID Architecture with Multilevel Adaptive Cache |
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RAMDAC
| Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter |
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RAMP
| Reliability Availability Maintainability Program |
|
RAND
| Rural Area Network Design |
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RAO
| Regional Accounting Office / Remote Automation Objects / Revenue Accounting Office |
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RAR
| Return Address Register |
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RARE
| Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (Europe - see TERNA) |
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RARP
| Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
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RAS
| Remote Access Server / Remote Access Service / Row Address Strobe |
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RASC
| Residence Account Service Center |
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RASP
| Remote Antenna Signal Processor |
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RBB
| Residential Broadband |
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RBDS
| Radio Broadcast Data System |
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RBG
| Realtime Business Group |
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RBHC
| Regional Bell Holding Company |
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RBL
| ? |
|
RBOC
| Regional Bell Operating Company(ies) |
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RBOR
| Request Basic Output Report |
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RBS
| Robbed Bit Signaling |
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RC
| MAC Recent Change Memory Administration Center / Read Committed (isolation level) / Reduced Cost / Regional Center / Remote Control / Resistance-Capacitance / Routing Control |
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RCAC
| Remote Computer Access Communications service |
|
RCC
| Radio Common Carrier / Remote Cluster Controller / Reverse Command Channel |
|
RCD
| Receiver-Carrier Detector |
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RCF
| Remote Call Forwarding |
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RCLDN
| Retrieval of Calling Line Directory Number |
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RCM
| Remote Carrier Module |
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RCSC
| Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem |
|
RCU
| Radio Channel Unit |
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RCV
| Receiver |
|
RCVR
| Receiver |
|
RD
| (modem) Receive Data / Remove Directory (DOS) / Route Descriptor |
|
RDA
| Remote Data Access / Remote Database Access |
|
RDAU
| Remote Data Access Unit |
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RDB
| Relational DataBase |
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RDBA
| Remote DataBase Access |
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RDBMS
| Relational DataBase Management System / Remote DataBase Management System |
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RDC
| Remote Data Concentrator |
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RDES
| Remote Data Entry System |
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RDF
| Radio Direction Finding / Rate Decrease Factor |
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RDI
| Remote Defect Identification / Remote Defect Indicator / Remote Defect Ind |
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RDL
| Relational Database Language |
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RDL-SQL
| Relational Database Language - Structured Query Language |
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RDLSQL
| Relational Database Language Structured Query Language |
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RDM
| Report Display Manager |
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RDN
| Relative Distinguished Name |
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RDO
| Remote Data Objects |
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RDP
| Reliable Datagram Protocol |
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RDS
| Radio Digital System |
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RDSN
| Region Digital Switched Network |
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RDT
| Radio Digital Terminal / Recall Dial Tone / Referenced Data Transfer / Remote Digital Terminal / Restricted Data Transmissions |
|
RE
| Repeat / Returned / Recall (a supplementary service) / Reference Equivalent / Regarding |
|
REBI
| Reliability of Electronic Business Information |
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REC
| RARE Executive Committee / Record (as in tape Record-ing) / Regional Engineering Center |
|
RECS
| Reseller Electronic Communication System |
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REHI
| Hello Again (returned/repeat - Hi!) |
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REJ
| Reject |
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REM
| Remark / Remote Equipment Module / Ring Error Monitor |
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REMF
| Reverse ElectroMagnetic Force |
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REMOB
| REMote OBservation |
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REMOBS
| REMote OBservation System |
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REN
| Rename (DOS) / Ring Equivalence Number / Ringer Equivalence Number |
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REP
| Repeater Expansion Port / Repertory Dialing |
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RES
| Reserved |
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RESCU
| Remote Emergency Satellite ResCue Unit |
|
RET
| Resolution Enhancement Technology (usually as REt) |
|
RETLA
| Really Extended Three Letter Acronym |
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REV
| Revenue / Revision |
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REXEC
| REmote eXECutable/Execution |
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REXX
| REstructured eXtended eXecuter (language) |
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RF
| Radio Frequency / Resume Flag |
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RF/DC
| Radio Frequency / Data Communication |
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RF/ID
| Radio Frequency Identification |
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RFA
| Remote File Access |
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RFC
| [Internet] Request For Comment / Radio Frequency Choke |
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RFD
| Regional Frequency Divider / Request For Discussion |
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RFDC
| Radio Frequency Data Communication |
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RFI
| Radio Frequency Interface/Interference / Request for Information |
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RFID
| Radio Frequency Identification |
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RFNM
| Request For Next Message |
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RFP
| Request For Proposal |
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RFQ
| Request For Quotation |
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RFS
| Remote File Server/Service / Remote File System |
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RFT
| Request For Technology / Revisable Form Text / Revisable Format Text |
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RFTDCA
| Revisable Form Text Document Content Architecture |
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RG
| Radio Government |
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RGB
| Red-Green-Blue |
|
RH
| Relative Humidity / Request Header / Response Header |
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RHOB
| Relevant Hierarchical Operational Binding |
|
RI
| Reference Implementation / Rename Inhibit / Ring In (MAU Connector) / Ring Indication / Ring Indicator (signal) / Routing Indicator / Routing Information |
|
RIB
| Routing Information Base |
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RID
| Remote Isolation Device |
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RII
| Routing Information Indicator |
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RIN
| Relative Intensity Noise |
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RIOT
| Revolution In Our Time |
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RIP
| Rest in Peace / Raster Image Processor / Remote Imaging Protocol / Revolutionizing International Piracy / Router Information Protocol / Routing Information Protocol |
|
RIPE
| Reseaux IP Europeenne |
|
RIS
| Remote Installation Service |
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RISC
| Reduced Into Silly Code / Reduced Instruction Set Computer(ing) / Reduced Instruction Set Code |
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RISD
| Reference Information Systems Development |
|
RISE
| Retrieval and Interchange of Standards in Europe |
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RISLU
| Remote Integrated Services Line Unit |
|
RJ
| Registered Jack (as in RJ-11 and RJ-45) |
|
RJE
| Remote Job Entry |
|
RL
| Real life |
|
RLCM
| Remote Line Concentrating Module |
|
RLE
| Run Lenth Encoded (graphic format) |
|
RLL
| Run Length Limited |
|
RLM
| Remote Line Module |
|
RLOGIN
| Remote Login |
|
RLSD
| Received Line Signal Detector |
|
RLT
| Remote Line Test |
|
RM
| Reference Manual/Model / Resource Management |
|
RMA
| Return Merchandise Authorization |
|
RMAS
| Remote Memory Administration System |
|
RMATS
| Remote Maintenance And Testing System |
|
RMB
| Right Mouse Button |
|
RMDIR
| Remove Directory (DOS) |
|
RMDM
| Reference Model of Data Management |
|
RMF
| Remote Management Facility |
|
RMI
| (Java) Remote Method Invocation |
|
RMON
| Remote Monitor standard / Remote network MONitoring |
|
RMONMIB
| Remote network MONitoring Management Information Base |
|
RMP
| Remote Maintenance Protocol |
|
RMR
| Remote Message Register(s) |
|
RMS
| Root Mean Squared / Record Management Services |
|
RMTP
| Reliable Multicast Tranport Protocol |
|
RN
| Receipt Notification / Reference Noise |
|
RNA
| Ring No Answer (communication or telephone term for a problem) |
|
RNE
| Reseau National d'Essal (National Network for Testing) |
|
RNG
| Random Number Generator |
|
RNOC
| Regional Network Operations Center |
|
RNR
| Receiver Not Ready |
|
RO
| Read Only / Receive Only / Remote Operations / Ring Out (MAU connector) |
|
RO(T)FL
| rolling on the floor laughing |
|
ROA
| Return On Assets |
|
ROAC
| Report Origin Authentication Check |
|
ROADS
| Resources Organisation And Discovery in Subject based Services |
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ROB
| Remote Order Buffer |
|
ROC
| Regional Operating Company |
|
ROCIE
| Riverside/Orange County/Inland Empire (Net) |
|
ROER
| Remote Operations ERror |
|
ROFFNAR
| Rolling on the Floor for no Apparent Reason |
|
ROFL
| Rolling On (the)Floor Laughing [appropriate response for good jokes] {ROTFL for illiterate people} |
|
ROFLAPMP
| Rolling On (the)Floor Laughing And Peeing My Pants |
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ROFLASTC
| Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat |
|
ROFLGO
| Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing Guts Out |
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ROFLMAO
| Rolling On (the) Floor Laughing My A** Off |
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ROFLMAOAY
| ROFLMAO At You |
|
ROFLMAOWTIME
| ROFLMAO With Tears In My Eyes |
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ROFLOL
| Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud |
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ROFLOLBAG
| Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud Busting a Gut |
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ROFLUTS
| Rolling On (the)Floor Laughing Unable to Speak |
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ROFLWMP
| Rolling on the Floor Wetting My Pants |
|
ROFPML
| Rolling on the Floor Peeing Myself Laughing |
|
ROH
| Receiver Off-Hook |
|
ROI
| Return On Investment |
|
ROIV
| Remote Operations InVoke |
|
ROLAP
| Relational On-Line Analytical Processing |
|
ROLC
| Routing Over Large Clouds |
|
ROM
| Read Only Memory |
|
ROP
| Raster OPerations |
|
ROPM
| Remote Operations Protocol Machine |
|
RORE
| Remote Operations Return Error |
|
RORJ
| Remote Operations ReJect |
|
RORS
| Remote Operations ReSponse |
|
ROS
| Read-Only Store |
|
ROSE
| Remote Operations Service Element |
|
ROT
| Reign of Terror |
|
ROTBA
| Reality on the Blink Again |
|
ROTF
| Rolling On The Floor |
|
ROTF
| Rolling On The Floor |
|
ROTFL
| roll(ing) on the floor laughing (also ROFL; ROFL) |
|
ROTFLABIC
| Rolling On The Floor Laughing and biting into carpet |
|
ROTFLAHMS
| Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Holding My Side |
|
ROTFLBTC
| ROTFL biting the carpet |
|
ROTFLBTCUTS
| ROTFLBTC .. unable to stop |
|
ROTFLGO
| ROTFL... guts out |
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ROTFLLTC
| ROTFL... licking the glue |
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ROTFLMAO
| Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A** Off |
|
ROTFLSTC
| ROTFL... scaring the cat |
|
ROTL
| Remote Office Test Lines |
|
RPC
| Registered Protective Circuitry / Remote Procedure Call |
|
RPDFT
| Robustly Path Delay Fault Testable |
|
RPE
| Remote Peripheral Equipment |
|
RPG
| Remote Password Generator / Report Program Generator (programming language) / Role Playing Game(s) |
|
RPI
| Rockwell Protocol Interface |
|
RPL
| Remote Procedure Load / Remote Program Load |
|
RPM
| Reduced Parts Menu / Relentless Pursuit of Magnificence / Remote Process Management / Revolution Per Minute (usually rpm) / Rotations Per Minute |
|
RPN
| Reverse Polish Notation |
|
RPOA
| Recognized Private Operating Agency |
|
RPQ
| Request for Price Quotation |
|
RPS
| Redundant Power Supply |
|
RPV
| Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
|
RQS
| Rate/Quote System |
|
RQSM
| Regional Quality Service Management |
|
RQT
| Reliability Quality Test |
|
RR
| Ready to Receive / Receiver Ready / Repeatable Read (isolation level) / Reply requested |
|
RRO
| Reports Receiving Office |
|
RRT
| Reverse Recovery Time |
|
RS
| Recommended Standard / Record Separator (ASCII) / Remote Single-layer / Resume Session / Ring Station |
|
RSA
| Reference System Architecture / Repair Service Attendant / Rivest Shamir and Adleman (Encryption algorithm) |
|
RSA-PPDU
| ReSynchronize Acknowledge Presentation Protocol Data Unit |
|
RSAPPDU
| ReSynchronize Acknowledge Presentation Protocol Data Unit |
|
RSAT
| Reliability and System Architecture Testing |
|
RSB
| Repair Service Bureau |
|
RSC
| Remote Switching Center / Residence Service Center |
|
RSCS
| Remote Source Control System / Remote Spooling and Control/Communications Subsystem |
|
RSE
| Remote Single-layer Embedded / Removable Storage Elements |
|
RSEXEC
| Resource Sharing EXECutive |
|
RSFG
| Route Server Functional Group (ATM Forum) |
|
RSH
| Remote SHell / Restricted SHell |
|
RSI
| Repetitive Strain Injury |
|
RSL
| Received Signal Level / Remote Ship List |
|
RSLE
| Remote Subscriber Line Equipment |
|
RSLM
| Remote Subscriber Line Module |
|
RSN
| Real Soon Now (usually sarcastically) / Remote Switching Module |
|
RSO
| Regional Standards Organization |
|
RSPPDU
| ReSynchronize Presentation Protocol Data Unit |
|
RS-PPDU
| ReSynchronize Presentation Protocol Data Unit |
|
RSPX
| Remote Sequenced Packet eXchange |
|
RSRB
| Remote Source Route Bridging |
|
RSS
| Reception Support Statement / Remote Switching System |
|
RSTE/E
| Resource System Time Sharing - Enhanced/Extended/Environment |
|
RSU
| Remote Switching Unit |
|
RSVP
| Rdb Solutions Vendor Program / Resourse reSerVation Protocol / Revolutionary Surrealist Vandal Party |
|
RT
| Real-Time / Reliable Transfer / Roundtable / Routing Table / Routing Type |
|
RT/DSS
| Real-Time/Decision Support Service |
|
RTA
| Real-Time Accelerator / Remote Trunk Arrangement |
|
RTAB
| Reliable Transfer ABort |
|
RTAS
| Real-time Technology and Application Symposium |
|
RTBG
| RealTime Business Group |
|
RTC
| Real-Time Clock / RARE Technical Committee |
|
RTCP
| Real time Transport Control Protocol |
|
RTD
| Resistance Temperature Detector |
|
RTDox
| read the documentations |
|
RTE
| Remote Terminal Emulation |
|
RTEL
| Reverse TELnet |
|
RTF
| Rich Text Format |
|
RTFAQ
| Read The FAQ |
|
RTFFAQ
| Read The F**king FAQ |
|
RTFI
| Read the Friendly Instructions |
|
RTFM
| Read the "fine" manual / read the f#$%ing manual / Read the (Flipping) Manual. / Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement |
|
RTI
| Remote Terminal Identification |
|
RTK
| Right - To - Know |
|
RTKNET
| Right - To - Know NETwork |
|
RTM
| Read the manual / Resistor-Transistor Logic / Run Time Library / Regional Telecommunications Management / Remote Test Module |
|
RTMP
| Routing Table Maintenance Protocol |
|
RTN
| Routing Transit Number |
|
RTNR
| Ringing Tone No Reply |
|
RTOAC
| Reliable Transfer Open Accept |
|
RTORJ
| Reliable Transfer Open Reject |
|
RTORQ
| Reliable Transfer Open Request |
|
RTOS
| Real Time Operating System |
|
RTP
| Real-time Transport Protocol |
|
RTPM
| Reliable Transfer Protocol Machine |
|
RTS
| Real-Time System / Reliable Transfer Service / Remote Testing System / Request To Send / Residual Time Stamp |
|
RTSE
| Reliable Transfer Service Element |
|
RTSP
| Real Time Streaming Protocol |
|
RTT
| Round - Trip Time |
|
RTTI
| Run-Time Type Identification |
|
RTTY
| Radio Teletype |
|
RTU
| Remote Trunking Unit |
|
RTV
| Real-Time Video |
|
RU
| Read Uncommitted (isolation level) / Request Unit / Response Unit |
|
RUA
| Remote User Agent |
|
RUCUS
| Rhodes University Computer Users Society |
|
RUIP
| Remote User Information Program |
|
RUM
| Remote User Multiplex |
|
RUOK
| Are You OK? |
|
RVD
| (MIT) Remote Virtual Disk |
|
RVI
| Reverse Interrupt |
|
RW
| Read - Write |
|
RWC
| Remote Work Center |
|
RWCC
| Regional Workshop Coordinating Committee |
|
RWSCC
| Regional WorkShop Coordinating Committee |
|
RX
| Receive (Transmission or Data) / Remote Exchange |
|
RZ
| Return to Zero |
|
RZI
| Return to Zero Inverted |