registera record book; it is also the county official charged with keeping record copies of legal instruments such as property deeds and other records.
Registered bondWhen a bond is registered, the name of the owner and the particulars of the bond are recorded by the issuer or the issuer's agent.
registered dietitian(...dy-eh-TIH-shun) A health professional with special training in the use of diet and nutrition to keep the body healthy.
Registered investment adviser (RIA)Investment advisers who register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and agree to be regulated by SEC rules are known as registered…
registered jack (RJ)Any of the series of jacks, described in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, part 68, used to provide interface to the public telephone network.
Registered markTrademark with the words "Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" or the letter "R" enclosed within a circle.
Registered representativeAn investment salesperson or broker who is licensed by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and by the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange).
registered tableA DBMS table which is part of an ArcStorm database is said to be 'registered' with the database.
Registered VoterA person registered to vote in this state whose registration is effective.
RegistrarA company which allows you to register domain names.
RegistrationLining up a forms image to determine which fields are where. Also, entering pages into a scanner such that they are correctly read.
registration agent (RA)An application process that receives an RRP (registration request protocol), message from the registration manager signaling it to start automatic…
registration authorityIn networking, an organization that performs registration for information objects and devices. [After 2382-pt.35]
Registration Authority (RA)A trusted entity that establishes and vouches for the identity of a subscriber to a CSP.
registration by coordinationA state procedure for registering securities for which a registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")…
registration by qualificationA state procedure for registering securities for which a registration statement has not been filed with the SEC.
registration manager (RM)An application process responsible for contacting the registration agent using the RRP (registration request protocol) to start automatic registration of…
registration numbera registered patent attorney/agent is assigned a registration number that they must include on patent correspondence and forms when representing others…
registration of a templateOfficial approval of a template by NARA, and placement of the template in the ERA template repository. Once registered, the template can be used.
Registration Omissions ListThe new version of this list, created pursuant to Section 86.003 of the Election Code, is used when a person has one of the acceptable ID’s [or an…
registration procedureIn networking, the procedure for performing registration or for amending or deleting existing registrations. [2382-pt.35]
registryAn infrastructure that enables the building, deployment, and discovery of Web services.
registry providerAn implementation of a business registry that conforms to a specification for XML registries (for example, ebXML or UDDI).
Reglan(REG-lun) A drug that increases the motility (movements and contractions) of the stomach and upper intestine.
RegradeTo determine that certain classified information requires, in the interests of national security, a higher or lower degree of protection against…
regressionA decrease in the size of a tumor or in the extent of cancer in the body.
Regressive taxA regressive or flat income tax system taxes everyone at the same rate, as sales tax does.
regular expressionA single entity with various interpretations, like an elephant. To a computer scientist, it's a grammar for a little language in which some strings are…
regular expression modifierAn option on a pattern or substitution, such as /i to render the pattern case insensitive. See also "cloister".
regular fileA "file" that's not a "directory", a "device", a named "pipe" or "socket", or a "symbolic link".
regular meeting daySenate Rule XXVI requires that all committees designate at least one day a month on which it will meet to transact business.
Regular ProgramThe final phase of a community's participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Regular Program CommunityA community wherein a Flood Insurance Rate Map is in effect and full limits of coverage are available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act (FDPA or…
Regular-track proposalsProposals on public land with pending applications considered as potential future projects, but not necessarily foreseeable projects, since not all…
Regulating dam (reregulating dam)A dam impounding a reservoir from which water is released to regulate the flow downstream. See afterbay dam.
Regulating Gate (Regulating Valve)A gate or valve that operates under full pressure and flow conditions to throttle and vary the rate of discharge.
regulation aRegulation A is an exemption from federal securities registration. Regulation A permits an issuer to raise a limited dollar amount in an offering of…
Regulation DRegulation D is an exemption from federal securities registration for private placements of securities.
Regulation TRegulation T is the Federal Reserve Board rule that governs how much you can borrow through your margin account to cover the purchase price of a security.
Regulation ZUnder Regulation Z, a Federal Reserve Board rule covering provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968, lenders have to tell you certain terms…
regulatorSubstance regulating growth and development of cells, organs, etc.
Regulatory FloodwaySome maps show an area where construction regulations require special provisions to account for this extra hazard. This is a regulatory floodway.
Regulatory geneA gene whose protein controls the activity of other genes or metabolic pathways.
Rehabilitation MortgageA mortgage loan made to cover the costs of repairing, improving, and sometimes acquiring an existing property.
Rehabilitation ServicesHealth care services that help a person keep, get back or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because a person…
rehabilitation specialistA healthcare professional who helps people recover from an illness or injury and return to daily life.
Rehabilitative/Rehabilitation ServicesHealth care services that help you keep, get back, or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because you were…
RehearingAnother hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
RehypothecationRehypothecation occurs when your broker, to whom you have hypothecated - or pledged - securities as collateral for a margin loan, pledges those same…
Reid vapor pressure (RVP)A standard measurement of a liquid´s vapor pressure at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. An indication of the propensity of the liquid to evaporate.
ReimbursableCosts of constructing, operating, or maintaining a Reclamation project that are repaid to the Federal Government by some other individual, entity, or…
ReinclusionIf a site has been penalized for spamming they may fix the infraction and ask for reinclusion.
ReinjectionThe feeding of unburned char and fly ash obtained from mechanical collectors into the furnace for further combustion.
ReinstatementThe process by which a life insurance company puts a policy back in force after it lapsed because of nonpayment of renewal premiums.
Reinstatement PeriodA phase of the foreclosure process where the homeowner has an opportunity to stop the foreclosure by paying money that is owed to the lender.
ReinsuranceA reimbursement system that protects insurers from very high claims. It usually involves a third party paying part of an insurance company’s claims once…
Reinvested earnings (direct investment)A parent company's claim on the current-period undistributed after-tax earnings of its affiliates. Related terms: Direct investment capital flows.
ReinvestmentUsing dividends, interest, and/or capital gains distributions generated by a mutual fund investment to purchase additional shares, rather than receiving…
Reinvestment riskReinvestment risk occurs when you have money from a maturing fixed-income investment, such as a certificate of deposit (CD) or a bond, and want to make a…
ReissueThe issue of a patent that was issued previously in order to correct an error in the patent. MPEP 1401, MPEP 1402.
Reissue Applicationan application for a patent to take the place of an unexpired patent that is defective in one or more particulars (items or details) --see MPEP 201.
Reissue PatentA corrected U.S. patent that issues from an allowed reissue application. MPEP 1401, MPEP 1402, MPEP 1403.
rejectAn option during approval to prevent a draft document from being published and return it to authors for additional editing. See also: approval
rejectionThe refusal of a patent Examiner to allow a claim based on specific legal grounds. MPEP 706, MPEP 706.01.
Rejection, FinalA rejection of a claim that occurs on the second or any subsequent examination of its patentability.
RejoinderOpportunity for the plaintiff/petitioner to offer limited response to evidence presented by the defendant/respondent. See rebut.
rejuvenation1. Reversion from adult to juvenile stage. 2. The process of regular reproduction of seed stocks or collections in gene banks, in order to ensure…
rekeyingThe changing of one or more keys that are used for either COMSEC or TRANSEC functions.
RelampingThe replacement of a non-functional or ineffective lamp with a new, more efficient lamp.
RelapseThe return of signs and symptoms of cancer after a period of improvement.
relateAn operation that establishes a temporary connection between corresponding records in two tables using an item common to both (i.e., relate key).
relate keyThe common set of columns used to relate two attribute tables. See also relate, primary key and foreign key.
relational databaseA method of structuring data as collections of tables that are logically associated to each other by shared attributes.
Relational database management system (RDBMS)A database management system with the ability to access data organized in tabular files that can be related to each other by a common field (item).
relational joinThe operation of relating and physically merging two attribute tables using their common item.
relational operatorAn "operator" that says whether a particular ordering relationship is "true" about a pair of operands.
relational operatorsOperators, such as <, >, <=, >=, == and !=, that produce a boolean result, as part of a boolean expression.
relationship fieldA virtual field of an entity bean having container-managed persistence; it identifies a related entity bean.
RelativeAn individual who is related to the filer or reporting individual, as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great uncle, great…
relative addressIn computer and data processing programming, an address that is expressed as a difference in relation to a base address. [After Weik '96]
relative biological effectiveness (RBE)An adjustment factor used to adjust an absorbed dose to account for its relative potential to do damage in biological tissue.
Relative boostingThis enables a document to always be displayed among the first 20 documents in the result list, provided a user searched with a specific query.
Relative BrightnessHow bright one object is compared to another. If they have the same intrinsic brightness then the relative brightness tells us the ratio of distances to…
relative datingthe process of determining the order in which certain events occurred or certain materials were formed.
Relative densityUsed in construction control for cohesionless soils where the in-place density is compared to the minimum and maximum density of the soil from laboratory…
Relative Distinguished name (RDN)The part of the name of an object that is an attribute of the object itself. The attribute that provides the RDN for an object is referred to as the…
relative errorThe ratio of an absolute error to the true, specified, or theoretically correct value of the quantity that is in error.
relative filenameA filename whose full path is relative to some point within a file system tree - often the current working folder (directory). For instance ../bin/javac.
Relative HumidityA measure of the percent of moisture actually in the air compared with what would be in it if it were fully saturated at that temperature.
Relative humidity (RH)The amount of water in the air relative to the maximum amount of water that the air can hold at a given temperature.