Technology terms starting with R

1,106 terms

Resolution See DPI.
resolver Computer software that allows user programs to interface with domain name servers. Note: The user program may be, for example, an FTP client. [2382-pt.35]
resolving power A measure of the ability of a lens or optical system to form separate and distinct images of two objects with small angular separation.
resonance The state of a system in which an abnormally large vibration is produced in response to an external stimulus, occurring when the frequency of the stimulus…
resonant antenna Synonym periodic antenna.
resonant cavity See optical cavity.
resource Data, metadata, a collection of data, or a collection of metadata accessed as a content item. Examples: a document, a database table, a content class.
resource account A single security principalâusually a user accountâthat is created in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and used to map to a single…
resource adapter A system-level software driver that is used by an EJB container or an application client to connect to an enterprise information system.
resource adapter module A deployable unit that contains all Java interfaces, classes, and native libraries, implementing a resource adapter along with the resource adapter…
resource authority An authority recognized in a Security Domain as a trusted source of security information which relates to resources (security object) [ECMA138].
Resource Booking Attendant A calendaring feature that automatically manages resources. Resource requests are automatically accepted or denied depending on availability and policies.
resource controller (RC) The processor(s) that control access to satellite payload communications resources within an individual satellite program.
resource DLL A dynamic-link library (DLL) that contains instructions for managing one or more types of cluster resources in a failover cluster or server cluster.
resource federation server The federation server in the resource partner organization. The resource federation server typically issues security tokens to users based on a security…
resource federation server proxy The federation server proxy that is located in the perimeter network of the resource partner organization.
resource group In AD FS, a single security group, which is created in Active Directory, that incoming group claims (AD FS group claims from the account partner) are…
Resource Hosting Subsystem A cluster software component that provides a communication, monitoring, and processing layer between the Cluster service and one or more clustered…
Resource mailbox A mailbox that is associated with a resource instead of a user (such as a conference room for reservation purposes). In Exchange 5.
resource manager Provides access to a set of shared resources. A resource manager participates in transactions that are externally controlled and coordinated by a…
resource manager connection An object that represents a session with a resource manager.
resource manager connection factory An object used for creating a resource manager connection.
Resource Monitor A component of Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor that displays real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network performance information collected from…
resource partner A federation partner that trusts the Federation Service to issue claims-based security tokens for Web-based applications (that is, applications in the…
resource properties A resource is composed of zero or more resource properties which describe the resource.
resource property A value required when including an AWS resource in an AWS CloudFormation stack. Each resource may have one or more properties associated with it.
Resource Publishing The process of making an object visible and accessible to users in a Windows 2000 domain.
resource record Also called resource record set. Standard DNS terminology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System.
Resource Specification Language (RSL) Term used to describe a GRAM job for GT2 and GT3. (Note: This is not the same as RLS - the Replica Location Service)
resource type Class of resources (such as print spooler, physical disk, and file share) that is organized by a failover cluster or server cluster.
ResourceHome In Java WS Core, resources are managed and discovered via ResourceHome implementations.
respect des fonds a French, archival term for the principle that the integrity of records from one functional source must not be broken, and that records from one source…
respond opportunity In data transmission, the link level logical control condition during which a given secondary station may transmit a response.
Responder The entity that responds to the initiator of the authentication exchange.
response document A document created using a Response form, a typical component of a discussion application.
response frame In data transmission, all frames that may be transmitted by a secondary station.
response PDU A protocol data unit (PDU) transmitted by a logical link control (LLC) sublayer in which the PDU command/response (C/R) bit is equal to "1".
Response Plan Selection The continual comparison of the nature of the observed threat with the defense system capabilities and selects the best way to attack the threat in…
Response spectrum A plot of the maximum response of a series of single-degree-of-freedom damped oscillators (elastic systems) as a function of their natural periods, or…
Response Time The amount of time in which it will take a watershed to react to a given rainfall event.
response timer (TK) In multilevel precedence and preemption, the device that controls the length of time that the call receiver of the precedence call has to accept the…
Responsible Individual A trustworthy person designated by a sponsoring organization to authenticate individual applicants seeking certificates on the basis of their affiliation…
Responsible Organization (Resp Org) The entity designated to manage and administer a Customer's SMS/800 records.
Responsive Threat The threat after taking into account modernization and countermeasures introduced to offset the capabilities of the SDS.
responsiveness Ability of an entity to provide service within the required time. Note: The term timeliness is sometimes used incorrectly to mean responsiveness.
responsivity In a photodetector, the ratio of the electrical output to the optical input. Note 1: Responsivity is usually expressed in amperes per watt, or volts per…
REST-Query Also known as Query or HTTP Query. This is a type of HTTP request that generally uses only the GET or POST HTTP method and a query string with parameters.
Restart The waving of the green flag after a caution period.
Restitution Act of restoring anything to its rightful owner; the act of restoring someone to an economic position he enjoyed before he suffered a loss.
restoral limit (RL) The bound on performance that is allowed when corrective action is taken to restore a parameter after an IAL (immediate action limit) failure.
Restoration The process of returning, as nearly as possible, a building or any of its parts to its original form and condition.
Restoration Priority (RP) Describes supremacy given to some Government and National Security circuits.
Restore To transfer data from a backup medium (such as tapes) to an on-line system, often for the purpose of recovery from a problem, failure, or disaster.
restricted access A limitation on access to records or to information of a specified type imposed by general or specific requirements See also classified record…
restricted access token An access token with restricted access to securable objects or performing privileged tasks.
restricted area Synonym controlled space.
restricted channel In digital communications systems, a channel that has a useful capacity of only 56 kb/s (kilobits per second), instead of 64 kb/s.
restricted network A logical portion of the network where client computers that either do not meet health policy or are not capable of asserting that they meet health policy…
restricted token An access token with restricted access to securable objects or performing privileged tasks.
restriction if two or more independent and distinct inventions are claimed in a single application, the examiner may require the applicant to elect (designate) a…
restriction certificate In secure systems, an authorization certificate that indicates the security restrictions on documents and transactions that an entity may authorize.
Resubmission Much like search engine submission, resubmission is generally a useless program which is offered by businesses bilking naive consumers out of their money…
Resubmitting submitting your web page address(es) to search engines after you've already submitted those addresses previously or after the search engine has already…
Result set The result set is a set of Document Summaries returned for a query.
Result-side (shallow) navigators A type of dynamic drill-down navigator. Drill-down navigators are created across an extended but non-exhaustive result set (typically, the 200 highest…
Results can refer to SERPs
Results clustering Grouping similar results together to make it easy to see which results relate to each other.
Results transformation The algorithmic processing of search results, which includes result-set reordering (e.g.
Results-based binning Results-based binning performs ad-hoc clustering of results into dynamic bins based on value distribution for this parameter in the results.
resynchronization The process of making the data between two sites consistent and current once systems are restored following a failure. Also called data resynchronization.
Retensioning The process where a tape is unspooled onto a take-up reel and then rewound at a controlled tension and speed.
retention to keep and maintain a record for its useful life. See short-term retention; long-term retention; mid-term retention; and permanent retention.
retention period Generally speaking, the precinct election records must be preserved by the authority to whom they are distributed: (1) in an election involving a federal…
retention program A system established and maintained to define retention periods for records in an organization
retention schedule See Records Retention Schedule.
retransmission buffer Storage in the signaling link control for signal units that have been transmitted but not yet positively acknowledged. [T1.226-1992]
retrieval The process of locating and withdrawing a record from a filing system or records center The action of accessing information from stored data on a computer…
retrieval (of documentary material) The process of locating material, getting material from storage and preparing them for presentation or output.
retrieval ratio time required to locate a record, which is determined by dividing the total minutes used to retrieve items by the total number of requests
retrieval service In interactive telecommunications, a service allowing access to and retrieval of stored information, e.g., the information within a database.
Retrofit Action Action taken to modify in-service equipment.
Retrograde Orbit An orbit having inclination of 0 to 90 degrees (See Prograde Orbit).
Return Your return is the profit or loss you have on your investments, including income and change in value.
return loss The ratio, at the junction of a transmission line and a terminating impedance or other discontinuity, of the amplitude of the reflected wave to the…
return material authorization (RMA) Paperwork for returning a product to the manufacturer.
return statement A statement used to terminate the execution of a method. A method with void return type may only have return statements of the following form return; A…
Return Supervision Signaling which responds to an incoming request for service or change of status.
return type The declared type of a method, appearing immediately before the method name, such as void in public static void main(String[] args) or Point[] in public…
return value The value of the expression used in a return statement.
return-to-zero (RZ) A digital code having two information states, e.g., "0" and "1" or "mark" and "yyspace", in which code the signal returns to a rest state during a portion…
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) A way of converting Ethernet addresses to IP addresses.
Reverse Engineering The process of analyzing a system to identify its intricacies and their interrelationships, and create depictions of the system in another form or at a…
Reverse Index An index of keywords which stores records of matching documents that contain those keywords.
reverse proxy A specific deployment of a proxy server as a front-end accelerator between the origin servers and the incoming user connections.
reverse proxy server A reverse proxy server is similar to a regular proxy server used for outbound network traffic except that it relays connection requests for inbound…
reverse-battery signaling Loop signaling in which battery and ground are reversed on the tip and ring of the loop to give an "off-hook" signal when the call receiver answers.
reversible public key cryptography An asymmetric cryptographic algorithm whereby (a) messages encrypted using the public key can only be decrypted by using the private key, and (b) data…
revertive pulsing In telephone networks, a means of controlling distant switching selections by pulsing.
REVIC Revised Enhanced Version of Intermediate COCOMO (Computer term).
review determination A decision reached in an access review as to whether material will be fully released, partially released, redacted, withdrawn, or withheld.