rubidium standardA frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium-87 atoms is used to control the output frequency.
Ruin or Element of RuinLosing your bankroll. The probability of losing every penny of your bankroll.
Rulean authoritative direction for conduct or procedure.
Rule 16Pretrial conference - Rule 16 may provide a party with an opportunity to discuss settlement without giving the appearance of having initiated the…
Rule 26General provisions governing discovery; duty of disclosure.
Rule Cardthis is the card that shows the rules for play in Baccarat and Chemin de Fer.
rule collectionAn ordered set of rules for the purpose of implementing a messaging policy. The number of rule collections is set at design time. [Exchange 2007]
Rule of 78A practice, called the Rule of 78, means that lenders front-load the interest they charge on a short-term loan to guarantee their profit if you pay off…
rule-based categoryCategories that are created by rules that specify which documents are associated with which categories.
Rule-Based Security PolicyA security policy based on global rules imposed for all subjects. These rules usually rely on a comparison of the sensitivity of the objects being…
RulesEstablished standards, guides, or regulations set up by authority that must be followed by parties to an action.
Rules of Engagement (ROE)Directives issued by competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and limitations under which United States forces will initiate and/or…
Rules of evidenceStandards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
Rules of Housing CourtThese are the Court Rules that set out some, but not all, of the procedures that must be followed in Housing Court.
ruminantAnimal having a rumen - a large digestive sac in which fibrous plant material is fermented by commensal microbes, prior to its digestion in a "true"…
RunSeasonal upstream migration of anadromous fish. One or more lengths of pipe that continue in a straight line.
run levelAn attribute of an application that indicates which type of access token to use when the application is started.
Run of Site (ROS)The scheduling of ads across an entire site, often at a lower cost than the purchase of specific pages or sub-sections of the site.
run phaseAny time after Perl starts running your main program. See also "compile phase".
run timeThe time when Perl is actually doing what your code says to do, as opposed to the earlier period of time when it was trying to figure out whether what you…
run-length encodingA data compression technique for storing raster or gridded data. Run-length encoding stores data by row.
Run-of-River HydropowerA type of hydroelectric facility that uses the river flow with very little alteration and little or no impoundment of the water.
Run-of-river plantsThe regulated inflow of one powerplant is equal to the outflow from a powerplant upstream.
run-time patternA pattern that contains one or more variables to be interpolated before parsing the pattern as a "regular expression", and that therefore cannot be…
RunnerTypically said "runner-runner" to describe a hand that was made only by catching the correct cards on both the turn and the river.
RunoffThe water that flows off the surface of the land, ultimately into our streams and water bodies, without being absorbed into the soil.
Runoff ElectionAn election held if no candidate for a particular office receives the vote necessary to be elected in an election requiring a majority vote.
runtime errorAn error that causes a program to terminate when it is being run.
runtime stackA stack structure maintained by the Java Virtual Machine that records which methods are currently being executed.
runtime systemThe software environment in which programs compiled for the Java virtual machine can run.
RunupThe vertical distance above the setup that the rush of water reaches when a wave breaks on the dam embankment.
Runway Visual RangeThe maximum distance at which the runway, or the specified lights or markers delineating it, can be seen from a position above a specified point on its…
Rural Housing Service (RHS)An agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which operates a range of programs to help rural communities and individuals by providing loan…
rural radio serviceA public radio service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service, which…
rural subscriber stationA fixed station in the rural radio service used by a subscriber for communication within a central office station. 2.
RUS (Recipient Update Service)This is part of the Exchange System Attendant and is responsible for keeping Address Lists up-to-date and creating proxy addresses for users.
RushingBeing dragged through a part of the game by someone of much higher level than you with the specific purpose of exploiting xp reward loopholes.
Russell 1000 IndexThis capitalization-weighted index, published by the Frank Russell Company of Tacoma, Washington, tracks the 1000 largest stocks that are included in the…
Russell 2000 IndexThe Russell 2000 Index, published by the Frank Russell Company of Tacoma, Washington, tracks the stocks of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell…
rustA generic descriptor for various serious fungal plant pathogens, which infect the leaves and stems of crops.
RusticationRusticated stonework composed of large blocks of masonry separated by wide, recessed joints; often imitated in other materials for decorative purposes.
RV ComplexA reentry vehicle and its associated objects.
RV TemperatureThe temperature of the heat given off by the RV that allows sensors to acquire them.
rV-TRICOMA cancer vaccine made with a form of a vaccinia virus that does not cause disease in humans. It is being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.
RVARiver Summary, a NWS summary of river and/or crest stages for selected forecast points along the river.
rvalueA "value" that you might find on the right side of an "assignment". See also "lvalue".
RVFRiver Forecast. An internal product issued by RFCs to other NWS offices. An RVF contains stage and/ or flow forecasts for specific locations based on…
RVP (Rendezvous Protocol)(Note that this name is preliminary). The Microsoft published protocol that is used between the MSN Messenger service and the Instant Messaging server…
RVR1. Runway Visual Range - the maximum distance at which the runway, or the specified lights or markers delineating it, can be seen from a position above a…
RVS1. Abbreviation for "revise" 2. River Statement, a product issued to communicate notable hydrologic conditions which do not involve flooding, i.e.
Ryan White Program Data Report (RDR)Formerly known as the CARE Act Data Report (CADR), a provider-based report generating aggregate client, provider, and service data for all Ryan White…