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| Term | Definition | Known Abbreviations and Acronyms |
| Random Access Memory | RAM |
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| Computer memory used to temporarily store information for processing. | ||
| Relational Database | RDB |
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| Mechanism for storage of data that ensures data integrity. | ||
| Relational Database Management System | RDBMS |
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| Database management system that allows data arranged in a tabular form to be related to data in other tables via common fields. | ||
| Resource Description Framework | RDF |
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| Set of rules for creating descriptions of information, especially information available on the World Wide Web. | ||
| Request For Comments | RFC |
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| An Internet standards mechanism that documents most of the protocols, mechanisms, procedures and best practices in use on the Internet. | ||
| Request For Information | RFI |
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| Document (formal or informal) to request information from a company or government agency for the purpose of gathering information about a subject. | ||
| Request For Proposal | RFP |
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| Request from one entity to another for an estimate of the services they offer or specifics about how a particular project will be completed. | ||
| Request For Quotation | RFQ |
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| Request from one entity to another for a price of the services or goods. Often combined with a RFP. | ||
| Red - Green - Blue | RGB |
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| The three primary colors that are used to produce all colors seen on a computer monitor. | ||
| Return On Investment | ROI |
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| The amount of revenue that is made from each dollar spent. While this term is most often used with advertising, it is universal. The goal is to hopefully track how you spent the advertising dollar in relation to how much revenue it brought in. This helps decide if it was a good use of money and if the same type of program should be utilized again in the future, or if other ways to spend the advertising dollar are more appropriate. | ||
| Read Only Memory | ROM |
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| Portion of computer memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. | ||
| Rich Site Summary | RSS |
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| XML formatted feed that allows for the transmission of data across the internet. | ||
| Rich Text Format | RTF |
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| Open source document formatting that allows files to be saved with formatting intact, where it would otherwise be lost if simply saved as a text file. | ||