Abbreviations (R)

  Abbreviations (R)

Abbreviations.	Meaning
RA	Repair Action
RAD	Radiation absorbed dose
RAID	Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory (read/write)
RAS	Row Address Strobe (Memory)
RAS Features	Reliable-Available-Serviceable
RAS Adapter	Remote Access Service (serial multiport adapter)
RDRAM	Rambus DRAM
REM	Roentgen-equivalent-man (1 REM relates to 1 RAD)
REXX	Restructured EXtended eXecutor language
RFC	Request for Comments (RFC-791 the Internet Protocol)
	(Required Suggested Directional Informational Obsolete)
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification (see ASSET-ID)
RGB	Red Green Blue (as in monitors)
RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RIPL	Remote Initial Program Load
RLL	Reduced Length Limited (encoding used for ST-506/412 HDDs)
ROM	Read Only Memory
RPL	Remote Program Load
RPQ	Request for Price Quotation
RSA	Rivest-Shamir-Adleman algorithm
	(cryptography / RSA Data Security Inc.)
RSPC	Reed Solomon Product Code (DVD-ROM error correction)
RTP	Realtime Transport Protocol (Internet-Video)