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| INTERNET DICTIONARY - LETTER "R" | |
| RAM | Random Access Memory - The most common type of memory found in computers and other peripherals. A byte of memory is accessed without connecting with preceding bytes, thus making it random. In common terms, RAM is associated with the memory needed to run programs. It’s what you are referring to when you say your PC has 32 megs of memory. |
| RARE | See: Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne |
| RARP | See: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
| RBOC | Regional Bell Operating Company |
| RCP | See: Remote copy program |
| readme | A file found in an Internet host's directory that describes the computer and its service. It is one of the files that newcomers to the host are advised to download and read because the information contained is useful. There are also readme files that come bundled with personal computer software that give the latest information about installation, known bugs and incompatibilities, and product documentation errata and addenda. |
| Read the F*cking Manual (RTFM) | This acronym is often used when someone asks a simple or common question. |
| RealAudio | Progressive Networks' RealAudio client-server software system enables Internet and online users equipped with conventional multimedia personal computers and voice-grade telephone lines to browse, select, and play back audio or audio-based multimedia content on demand, in real time. This is a real breakthrough compared to typical download times encountered with delivery of audio over conventional online methods, in which audio is downloaded at a rate that is five times longer than the actual program; the listener must wait 25 minutes before listening to just five minutes of audio. |
| Real Name | A way for Internet users to assign "real names" to Web sites to more easily remember the URL or Web address. With Real Name for example a user can assign the name WORDS to the URL http://www.netlingo.com, this allows a user to go to the Web site by just typing in WORDS. The Real Name setup process involves going to the Real Name Web site and downloading the Real Name extension and installing it on your computer. |
| Real Soon Now | A vague term used to describe when something will actually happen. |
| real time chat | A program allowing live conversation between individuals by typing on a computer terminal. The most common tools are Talk and IRC (International Relay Chat). |
| reassembly | The IP process in which a previously fragmented packet is reassembled before being passed to the transport layer. See also: fragmentation. |
| reciprocal link | A hyperlink or link placed on one Web site to return the favor of another site putting a link on their page. |
| regional | See: mid-level network |
| Remote Access | The ability to access a computer from outside a building in which it is housed, or outside the library. Remote access requires communications hardware, software, and actual physical links, although this can be as simple as common carrier (telephone) lines or as complex as a TELNET login to another computer across the Internet. |
| remote login | Operating on a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, as though locally attached. See also: Telnet. |
| Remote Procedure Call (RPC) | An easy and popular paradigm for implementing the client-server model of distributed computing. In general, a request is sent to a remote system to execute a designated procedure, using arguments supplied, and the result returned to the caller. There are many variations and subtleties in various implementations, resulting in a variety of different (incompatible) RPC protocols. [Source: RFC1208] |
| remote terminal | It is possible to login to a remote computer by using an application program based on TELNET - a terminal emulation protocol made for this purpose. The user can therefore enter commands on a keyboard attached to their local computer and access files etc. on a remote computer that may be located anywhere in the world. |
| repeater | A device which propagates electrical signals from one cable to another. See also: bridge, gateway, router. |
| Request For Comments (RFC) | The document series, begun in 1969, which describes the Internet suite of protocols and related experiments. Not all (in fact very few) RFCs describe Internet standards, but all Internet standards are written up as RFCs. The RFC series of documents is unusual in that the proposed protocols are forwarded by the Internet research and development community, acting on their own behalf, as opposed to the formally reviewed and standardized protocols that are promoted by organizations such as CCITT and ANSI. See also: For Your Information, STD. |
| Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (RARE) | European association of research networks. [Source: RFC1208] |
| Reseaux IP Europeenne (RIPE) | A collaboration between European networks which use the TCP/IP protocol suite. |
| Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) | A protocol, defined in RFC 903, which provides the reverse function of ARP. RARP maps a hardware (MAC) address to an internet address. It is used primarily by diskless nodes when they first initialize to find their internet address. See also: Address Resolution Protocol, BOOTP, internet address, MAC address. |
| RFC | See: Request For Comments |
| RFC 822 | The Internet standard format for electronic mail message headers. Mail experts often refer to "822 messages". The name comes from "RFC 822", which contains the specification (STD 11, RFC 822). 822 format was previously known as 733 format. See also: Electronic Mail. [Source: COMER] |
| RGB | Red, Green, Blue - The three colors that create all other colors on a computer screen. |
| RIP | See: Routing Information Protocol |
| RIPE | See: Reseaux IP Europeenne |
| Round-Trip Time (RTT) | A measure of the current delay on a network. [Source: MALAMUD] |
| ROT13 | A simple way to encode bad jokes, movie reviews that give away the ending, pornography, etc. Essentially, each letter in a message is replace by the letter 13 spaces away from it in the alphabet. There are online decoders to read these. |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum or e-mail. |
| route | The path that network traffic takes from its source to its destination. Also, a possible path from a given host to another host or destination. |
| routed | Route Daemon. A program which runs under 4.2BSD/4.3BSD UNIX systems (and derived operating systems) to propagate routes among machines on a local area network, using the RIP protocol. Pronounced "route-dee". See also: Routing Information Protocol, gated. |
| router | Hardware (or software) that can connects a local network to the Internet. Routers spend all their time looking at the destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on. |
| routing domain | A set of routers exchanging routing information within an administrative domain. See also: Administrative Domain, router. |
| Routing Information Protocol (RIP) | A distance vector, as opposed to link state, routing protocol. It is an Internet standard IGP defined in STD 34, RFC 1058 (updated by RFC 1388). See also: Interior Gateway Protocol, Open Shortest Path First.... |
| RPC | See: Remote Procedure Call |
| RTFM | See: Read the F*cking Manual |
| RTM | Read The Manual - A shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum or e- mail. |
| RTT | See: Round-Trip Time |
