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  • Fundamentals of knowledge and culture

    Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    QTP
    Qualification Test Procedure

    The abbreviation QTP (Qualification Test Procedure) includes the abbreviation TP (Test Procedure).

    In English

    QTR
    Qualification Test Report

    The abbreviation QTR (Qualification Test Report) includes the abbreviation TR (Test Report).

    In English

    QTV

    Qualification Test Vehicle

    In English

    QUADS

    Quality Achievement Data System

    In English

    QUCC

    Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica

    In Italian

    QUIC

    Quality Data Information and Control

    In English

    QUIC

    Quality Information Control

    In English

    QUP

    Quality Unit Pack

    In English

    QVT

    Qualified Verification Testing

    In English

    QVVT

    Qualified Verification Vibration Testing

    In English

    QoS

    Quality of Service

    In English

    R&D
    Recherche et développement

    = F&E | Forschung und Entwicklung | In German
    = R&D | Research and Development | In English
    = I+D | Investigación y Desarrollo | In Spanish
    = R&S | Ricerca e Sviluppo | In Italian
    = P&D | Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento | In Portuguese
    = O&O | Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling | In Dutch
    = FoU | Forsøk og Utvikling | In Norwegian

    In French

    R&D
    Research and Development

    = F&E, I+D, R&S, P&D, O&O, FoU (see above)

    In English

    R&DO

    Research and Development Operations

    In English

    R&E

    Research and Engineering

    In English

    R&M

    Reliability and Maintainability

    In English

    R&PM
    Research and Program Management

    The abbreviation R&PM (Research and Program Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Program Management).

    In English

    R&QA
    Reliability and Quality Assurance

    The abbreviation R&QA (Reliability and Quality Assurance) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    R&R

    Remove and Replace

    In English

    R&S
    Ricerca e Sviluppo

    = R&D, F&E, I+D, P&D, O&O, FoU (see above)

    In Italian

    R&S

    Reliability and Safety

    In English

    R&T

    Research and Technology

    In English

    R&T

    Réseaux & Télécoms

    In French

    R&U

    Repairs and Utilities

    In English

    R2DS

    Réseau Francilien de Recherche sur le Développement Soutenable

    In French

    R2I

    Réseau Industriel d'Innovation

    In French

    R2ML

    REWERSE Rule Markup Language

    In English

    R3S

    Rapid Records Retrieval System

    In English

    R@S

    Réseau Associatif et Syndical

    In French

    RA

    Régiment d’Artillerie

    In French

    RAAM

    Recursive Auto-Associative Memory

    In English

    RAAP

    Red Académica Peruana

    In Spanish

    RAC

    Reliability Action Center

    In English

    RACCS

    Remote Automatic Checkout and Calibration System

    In English

    RACF

    Resource Access Control Facility

    In English

    RAD

    Research and Advanced Development

    In English

    RAD

    Rapid Application Development

    In English

    RADAR

    Résultats, Approche, Déploiement, Appréciation, Revue

    In French

    RADCC
    Radiation Control Center

    The abbreviation RADCC (Radiation Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

    In English

    RADIUS

    Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

    In English

    RADOP

    Radiator Optimization Computer Code

    In English

    RAF

    Requirements Analysis Form

    In English

    RAG

    Reusable Agenda

    In English

    RAGIE

    Red Avanzada Guatemalteca para la Investigación y Educación

    In Spanish

    RAI
    Review Action Item

    The abbreviation RAI (Review Action Item) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).

    In English

    RAICES

    Red Avanzada de Investigación, Ciencia y Educación Salvadoreña

    In Spanish

    RAID

    Redundant Array of Independant Disks

    In English

    RAID

    Redundant Array of Independent Disks

    In English

    RAID

    Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

    In English

    RAII

    Resource Acquisition Is Initialization

    In English

    RAISOM

    Réseaux de collecte IP Sans Fil Optimisés

    In French

    RAM
    Random Access Memory

    The abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory) is included in abbreviations such as MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory), MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory), RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter), IRAM (Input Random Access Memory), ORAM (Output Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) and STTRAM (Spin Transfer Torque Random Access Memory).

    In English

    RAM

    Reliability Assessment Model

    In English

    RAM

    Requirements Allocation Matrix

    In English

    RAM

    Responsibility Assignment Matrix

    In English

    RAMDAC
    Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter

    The abbreviation RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter) includes the abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory).

    In English

    RAMEAU

    Répertoire d'Autorité-Matière Encyclopédique et Alphabétique Unifié

    In French

    RAML

    RESTful API Modeling Language

    In English

    RAMP

    Replenishment Activity Management Plan

    In English

    RAMPS

    Resource Analysis and Mission Planning System

    In English

    RANN

    Research Applied to National Needs

    In English

    RAP
    Regional Action Programme

    The abbreviation RAP (Regional Action Programme) is included in the abbreviation SRAP (Sub-Regional Action Programme).

    In English

    RAP
    Reconnaissance Automatique de la Parole

    = ASR | Automatic Speech Recognition | In English

    In French

    RAP

    Reliability Assurance Program

    In English

    RAP

    Rapport Annuel de Performance

    In French

    RAPACE

    Réseaux Accédant par PAsserelle aux CEntraux

    In French

    RAPACE

    Recherches Aérodynamiques Pour Avion de Combat Évolué

    In French

    RAPP

    Resource and Planning Program

    In English

    RAPRIA

    Russian Federation Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

    In English

    RAQ

    Responsable Assurance Qualité

    In French

    RAR

    Resource Accommodation Report

    In English

    RARP

    Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

    In English

    RAS

    Requirements Allocation Sheet

    In English

    RASMUS

    Remote Accessible Software configurable Multi-channel Ultrasound Sampling system

    In English

    RAU

    Red Académica Uruguaya

    In Spanish

    RAX

    Remote Access Computing System

    In English

    RAX

    Remote Access Terminal

    In English

    RB
    Review Board

    The abbreviation RB (Review Board) is included in abbreviations such as CARB (Central Acquisition Review Board), CLRB (Cost Limit Review Board), CMRB (Contractor Material Review Board), CRB (Change Review Board), CRB (Concept Review Board), CRB (Configuration Review Board), CRB (Correspondence Review Board), ERB (Engineering Review Board), FRB (Failure Review Board), IRB (Institutional Review Board), HCRB (Hardware Configuration Review Board), ICRB (Interface Change Review Board), ISMRB (Information Systems Management Review Board), ISRB (Integrated System Review Board), ITRB (Integrated Technical Review Board), JRB (Joint Review Board), MRB (Material Review Board), OMRB (Operating Material Review Board), ORB (Operations Review Board), PARB (Problem Assessment Review Board), PCRB (Project Change Review Board), PMRB (Primary Material Review Board), PORB (Production Operations Review Board), PPRB (Preliminary Proposal Review Board), PRB (Panel Review Board), PRB (Program Review Board), PRRB (Payload Requirements Review Board), SERB (Shuttle Engineering Review Board), SERB (Support Equipment Review Board), SERB (Systems Engineering Review Board), RRB (Requirements Review Board), SCRB (Software Configuration Review Board), SCRB (STSOC Configuration Review Board), SDRB (Software Design Review Board), SRB (Safety Review Board), SRB (Software Review Board), TCRB (Test Change Review Board), TCRB (Test Criteria Review Board), TDRB (Tool Design Review Board), TRB (Test Review Board), DRB (Design Review Board), HSIRB (Health Sciences Institutional Review Board), PRB (President’s Review Board) and PCRB (Program Change Review Board).

    In English

    RBDE

    Radar Bright Display Equipment

    In English

    RBMT
    Retrospective Bibliographies on Magnetic Tape

    The abbreviation RBMT (Retrospective Bibliographies on Magnetic Tape) includes the abbreviation MT (Magnetic Tape).

    In English

    RBOAC

    Role-Based Access Control

    In English

    RC

    Ricerca e Cooperazione

    In Italian

    RC

    Repos Compensateur

    In French

    RC

    Rémunération Complémentaire

    In French

    RCC
    Range Control Center

    The abbreviation RCC (Range Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

    In English

    RCC
    Recovery Control Center

    The abbreviation RCC (Recovery Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

    In English

    RCC
    Regional Control Center

    The abbreviation RCC (Regional Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

    In English

    RCCB
    Rockwell Configuration Control Board

    The abbreviation RCCB (Rockwell Configuration Control Board) includes abbreviations CB (Control Board) and CCB (Configuration Control Board).

    In English

    RCCP
    Recorder and Communications Control Panel

    The abbreviation RCCP (Recorder and Communications Control Panel) includes the abbreviation CP (Control Panel).

    In English

    RCCT

    Registration Center of Certificated Translators

    In English

    RCES

    Registration Center of Experts for Standardization

    In English

    RCI

    Request for Contract Investigation

    In English

    RCL

    Reliability Control Level

    In English

    RCM

    Reliability-Centered Maintenance

    In English

    RCN
    Requirements Change Notice

    The abbreviation RCN (Requirements Change Notice) includes the abbreviation CN (Change Notice).

    In English

    RCP

    Rich Client Platform

    In English

    RCP

    Rémunération pour Copie Privée

    In French

    RCR
    Requirements Change Request

    The abbreviation RCR (Requirements Change Request) includes the abbreviation CR (Change Request).

    In English

    RCS

    Revision Control System

    In French

    RCS

    Requirements Collection System

    In English

    RCSO-TIC

    Réseau de Compétences de Suisse Occidentale en Technologie de l'Information et de la Communication

    In French

    RCTT

    Réduction Collective du Temps de Travail

    In French

    RCU

    Remote Control Unit

    In English

    RD
    Requirements Document

    The abbreviation RD (Requirements Document) is included in abbreviations such as BCRD (Basic Consolidated Requirements Document), FDRD (Flight Definition and Requirements Document), FERD (Facility and Equipment Requirements Document), GIRD (Ground Integration Requirements Document), FRD (Flight Requirements Document), FRD (Functional Requirements Document), FTRD (Flight Test Requirements Document), FTRD (Functional Test Requirements Document), GORD (Ground Operations Requirements Document), IDMRD (Intermediate and Depot Maintenance Requirements Document), IDRD (Information Definition Requirements Document), IRD (Information Requirements Document), IRD (Integration Requirements Document), IRD (Interface Requirements Document), ITRD (Integrated Test Requirements Document), KPRD (KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Program Requirements Document), LRD (Launch Requirements Document), MDRD (Mission Data Requirements Document), MORD (Medical Operations Requirements Document), MRD (Mission Requirements Document), ORD (Operations Requirements Document), ORD (Orbital Requirements Document), PDRD (Procurement Data Requirements Document), PORD (Performance and Operations Requirements Document), PRD (Payload Requirements Document), PRD (Preliminary Requirements Document), PRD (Procurement Requirements Document), PRD (Program Requirements Document), PRD (Project Requirements Document), PSRD (Program Support Requirements Document), QPRD (Quality Planning Requirements Document), QPRD (Quality Program Requirements Document), SERD (SE Requirements Document), SMVRD (Shuttle Master Verification Requirements Document), SPRD (System Performance Requirements Document), SRD (Shuttle Requirements Document), SRD (Systems Requirements Document), SREM (System Requirement Engineering Methodology), STIRD (SAIL Test Implementation Requirements Document), TCRD (Test and Checkout Requirements Document), TRD (Technical Requirements Document), TRD (Test Requirements Document), EGORD (Experiment Ground Operations Requirements Document), DRD (Data Requirements Document), DRD (Design Requirements Document), DRD (Detailed Requirements Document) and DTRD (Development Test Requirements Document).

    In English

    RDA

    Rich Desktop Application

    In English

    RDA

    Remote Data Access

    In English

    RDA

    Resident Data Area

    In English

    RDA

    Research, Development and Acquisition

    In English

    RDBMS
    Relational Database Management System

    In English

    RDC

    Reference Designator Code

    In English

    RDC

    Request for Design Change

    In English

    RDC

    Request for Document Change

    In English

    RDC

    Request for Drawing Changes

    In English

    RDC

    Remote Diagnostics Center

    In English

    RDCIC

    Rémunération de la Disponibilité et de la Contribution Individuelle des Cadres

    In French

    RDD

    Requirements Definition Document

    In English

    RDDL

    Resource Directory Description Language

    In English

    RDF

    Resource Description Framework

    In English

    RDF

    Ressource Description Format

    In English

    RDF

    Resource Data File

    In English

    RDGS

    Reconfiguration Display Generation System

    In English

    RDM

    Real-Time Data Manager

    In English

    RDM

    Repeats Detection Method

    In English

    RDO

    Relational Database Operator

    In English

    RDOS
    Real-Time Disk Operating System

    The abbreviation RDOS (Real-Time Disk Operating System) includes abbreviations OS (Operating System) and DOS (Disk Operating System).

    In English

    RDP

    Requirements Data Plan

    In English

    RDP

    Requirements Development Plan

    In English

    RDP

    Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes

    In French

    RDR

    Raw Data Recorder

    In English

    RDS-TMC

    Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel

    In English

    RDT&E

    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

    In English

    RDW

    Response Data Word

    In English

    RDW

    Return Data Word

    In English

    RE&T

    Research, Engineering, and Test

    In English

    REACCIUN

    Red Académica de Centros de Investigación y Universidades Nacionales

    In Spanish

    REALM
    Retrieval-Augmented Language Model pre-training

    The abbreviation REALM (Retrieval-Augmented Language Model pre-training) includes the abbreviation LM (Language Model).

    In English

    RECON

    Remote Console

    In English

    RECP
    Request for Engineering Change Proposal

    = RFECP | Request For Engineering Change Proposal | In English

    The abbreviation RECP (Request for Engineering Change Proposal) includes abbreviations EC (Engineering Change), CP (Change Proposal) and ECP (Engineering Change Proposal).

    In English

    REDAC

    Rockwell Electronic Design Analysis Code

    In English

    REDB
    Rockwell Engineering Data Base

    The abbreviation REDB (Rockwell Engineering Data Base) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Base).

    In English

    REE

    Relevé d'Exécution d'Essais

    In French

    REENIC
    Russian and East European Network Information Center

    The abbreviation REENIC (Russian and East European Network Information Center) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

    In English

    REG

    Régiment Étranger de Génie

    In French

    REI

    Recherche Exploratoire et Innovation

    In French

    REI

    Régiment Étranger d’Infanterie

    In French

    RENATA

    Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada

    In Spanish

    RENATER

    Réseau National de Télécommunication pour la Technologie, l'Enseignement et la Recherche

    In French

    RENIA

    Red Nicaragüense de Internet Avanzada

    In Spanish

    REP

    Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes

    In French

    REPARTIR

    Recherches et Études sur la Pédagogie Assistée par les Ressources et Techniques Informatiques Récentes

    In French

    RER

    Réseau Europe Régions

    In French

    RERS

    Réseau d'Échanges Réciproques de Savoirs

    In French

    REST

    Representational State Transfer

    In English

    RET

    Resolution Enhancement Technology

    In English

    RETINA

    Red TeleInformática Académica

    In Spanish

    RETINA

    RÉseau TéléInformatique NAtional

    In French

    REU

    Research Experiences for Undergraduates

    In English

    REUNA

    Red Universitaria Nacional

    In Spanish

    REVES

    Rendu et Environnements VirtuEls Sonorisés

    In French

    REVIVAL

    Retrofitting for Environmental Viability Improvement of Valued Architectural Landmarks

    In English

    REWERSE

    Reasoning on the Web with Rules and Semantics

    In English

    REX

    Remote Events for XML

    In English

    REX

    Retour d'EXpérience

    In French

    RFA

    Request For Action

    In English

    RFCP
    Request For Computer Program

    The abbreviation RFCP (Request For Computer Program) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

    In English

    RFD

    Requirements Formulation Document

    In English

    RFDU

    Radio Frequency and Digital Unit

    In English

    RFECP
    Request For Engineering Change Proposal

    = RECP, RFECP (see above)

    The abbreviation RFECP (Request For Engineering Change Proposal) includes abbreviations EC (Engineering Change), CP (Change Proposal) and ECP (Engineering Change Proposal).

    In English

    RFF

    Rapport de Fin de Fabrication

    In French

    RFHA

    Reusable Flight Hardware Authorization

    In English

    RFI

    Remote File Inquiry

    In English

    RFI

    Rapport de Fin d'Intervention

    In French

    RFIA

    Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle

    In French

    RFID

    Radio Frequency Identification

    In English

    RFM

    Rapport de Fin de Montage

    In French

    RFP

    Request For Proposal

    In English

    RFP

    Requirements and Formulation Phase

    In English

    RFT

    Rat für Forschung und Technologie

    In German

    RFT

    Rat für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung (https://www.rat-fte.at/)

    In German

    RFTA
    Reverse Fault Tree Analysis

    The abbreviation RFTA (Reverse Fault Tree Analysis) includes the abbreviation FTA (Fault Tree Analysis).

    In English

    RFTCP
    Request For Test Change Proposal

    The abbreviation RFTCP (Request For Test Change Proposal) includes abbreviations TC (Test Change) and CP (Change Proposal).

    In English

    RGAA

    Référentiel Général d’Accessibilité pour les Administrations

    In French

    RGC

    Research Grants Council

    In English

    RGC

    Retro-Gaming Connexion

    In English

    RGC

    Réalisation interne à Géométrie Contrainte

    In French

    RGC

    Research and Graduate College

    In English

    RGD
    Régie de Gestion des Données (https://www.rgd.fr/)

    Créée pour numériser le plan cadastral de la Haute-Savoie, la Régie de Gestion des Données Savoie Mont Blanc (RGD) est devenue un centre de compétences en numérisation et diffusion de données au service des acteurs publics de Savoie et de Haute-Savoie. La RGD est spécialiste des orthophotographies, cadastres et PLU numérisés, plans de villes, géoportails, référentiels d’adressage…

    In French

    RGI

    Référentiel Général d’Interopérabilité

    In French

    RGR

    Repairable Generator Rate

    In English

    RGRF

    Repair Generation Rate Forecast

    In English

    RGSoC

    Rails Girls Summer of Code

    In English

    RH

    Régiment de Hussards

    In French

    RH

    Ressources Humaines

    In French

    RHEC

    Radiation-Hardened Emulating Computer

    In English

    RI

    Régiment d’Infanterie

    In French

    RIA

    Rich Internet Application

    In English

    RIAAAD

    Rassemblement International des Amicales Associations Afro-Djiboutiennes

    In French

    RIADB
    Rockwell Integrity Assurance Data Base

    The abbreviation RIADB (Rockwell Integrity Assurance Data Base) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Base).

    In English

    RIAM

    Recherche et Innovations en Audiovisuel et Multimédia

    In French

    RIAP

    Rural Internet Access Point

    In English

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