RTOVFReal Time Operational Verification Facility (US Army term).
RTPReal-time Transport Protocol. An Internet protocol for the transmission of real-time data, including voice and video.
RTS(1) Request To Send (Telecomm/Computer term). (2) Remote Tracking Station.
RTS (Records Transfer Sheet)The form required by the State Records Center to accompany all semi-active records which will be maintained in the Records Center or permanent records…
RTSPReal Time Streaming Protocol. An open standard for delivery of real-time media over the Internet.
RTWPReal Time Wave form Processor (Advanced Technology Demonstration Radar term).
rubber sheetingA procedure to adjust coverage features in a nonuniform manner. Links representing from- and to-locations are used to define the adjustment.
rubidium clockA clock containing a quartz oscillator stabilized by a rubidium standard.
rubidium standardA frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium-87 atoms is used to control the output frequency.
Rulean authoritative direction for conduct or procedure.
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-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…
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…
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-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…
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.
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.
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…
S interfaceFor basic rate access in an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) environment, a user-to-network interface reference point that (a) is characterized…
S reference pointThe conceptual reference point dividing the TEI (terminal endpoint identifier) and the NT2 (network termination 2) in a particular ISDN access arrangement.
S-boxNon-linear substitution table used in several byte substitution transformations and in the Key Expansion routine to perform a one for one substitution of…
S/MIMEA set of specifications for securing electronic mail. Secure/ Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) is based upon the widely used MIME standard…
S/N(1) Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Also called SNR). (2) Serial Number.
SA/BMOBSOLETE. Systems Analysis/Battle Management.
SA/PDLStrategic Defense Ada Process Description Language.
SAAJFor more information, see http://www.apache.org.
SaaS (Software as a Service)refers to specialised companies who provide a very specific stack and support for that stack so as to get rid of the need for any technical headaches, e.g.
SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure)An open specification that provides a comprehensive standardized method to monitor and report status information on the condition of disk drives, power…
safe list collectionThe combined data from an Office Outlook user's Safe Senders List, Safe Recipients List, Blocked Senders List, and external contacts, that is stored in…
Safe Recipients ListA list that includes the e-mail addresses of mailing lists for which you want to be a recipient.
Safe Senders ListA list of domain names and e-mail addresses that you want to receive messages from.
SAFEGUARDA U.S. midcourse and terminal phase defense for ICBMs, deployed in 1975 and deactivated in 1976 due to its limited cost effectiveness.
safeguarding statement[A] statement affixed to a computer output or printout that states the highest classification being processed at the time the product was produced and…