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RBOC
Regional Bell Operating Company: Seven companies formed to manage the local exchanges originally owned by AT&T. These companies were created as a result of an agreement between AT&T and the United States Department of Justice.
RD
Routing Domain: A group of topologically contiguous systems which are running one instance of routing.
RDF
Rate Decrease Factor: An ABR service parameter, RDF controls the decrease in the cell transmission rate. RDF is a power of 2 from 1/32,768 to 1.
Registration
The address registration function is the mechanism by which Clients provide address information to the LAN Emulation Server.
Relaying
A function of a layer by means of which a layer entity receives data from a corresponding entity and transmits it to another corresponding entity.
RFC
Request For Comment: The development of TCP/IP standards, procedures and specifications is done via this mechanism. RFCs are documents that progress through several development stages, under the control of IETF, until they are finalized or discarded.
RFC1695
Definitions of Managed Objects for ATM Management or AToM MIB.
RFI
Radio Frequent Interface: All computer equipment generates radio frequency signals. The FCC regulates the amount of RFI a computing device can leak past its shielding. A Class A device is sufficient for office use. A Class B is a more stringent classification for home equipment use.
RICE
RIsc Core Engine
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