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Average Access Time: The average time it takes for a disk drive to begin reading data placed anywhere on the drive. This includes seek time and latency.

Regular Full-Part-Time Employee: An individual who has been hired by an employer to work a predetermined amount of hours per week in a position/appointment of indefinite duration.

Recycling Time: Time it takes a flash unit to recharge between firings.

Relative Time: Type of geologic time (absolute time being the other) that places events in a sequence relative to each other.

Remote Access Services (RAS): A feature built into Windows NT that enables users to log into an NT-based LAN using a modem, X.25 connection or WAN link. RAS works with several major network protocols, including TCP/IP, I . . . View Full Definition

Response Time: A determination made by CPS and law enforcement regarding the immediacy of the response needed to a report of child abuse or neglect.

Real-Time: Normally used to describe combat sequences, the action does not stop to allow you to enter commands. This is the opposite of 'turn-based'.

Real Time: The actual time in which a program or event takes place. In computing, it refers to a mode under which data is received and processed so quickly that it appears to the user to be instant.

Radar Altimeter: A radar altimeter is used by an aircraft to determine its height above terrain.

QuickTime Player: A multimedia technology developed by Apple Computer. Developed to display video, sound, animation, graphics, text, music and 360 degree virtual reality (VR) scenes. Apple makes its QuickTime . . . View Full Definition