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Recovery point objective (RPO)nounMWEThe amount of data that can be lost without severely impacting the recovery of operations or the point in time in which systems and data must be recovered (e.g., the date and time of a business disruption).verifiedMay 9, 2026
Recovery ProceduresnounMWEActions necessary to restore data files of an information system and computational capability after a system failure.verifiedAug 30, 2026
recovery processnounMWEThe steps taken to restore a service, configurable item, etc. to a working state.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Recovery RoomnounMWEa hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgeryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recovery service levelsnounMWECollectively, terms that define the speed, quality, and quantity of recovery capability in response to a disaster, including recovery time objective, recovery point objective, timely notification, percentage of normal production service level agreements (SLAs) that will be delivered during recovery mode, etc.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Recovery sitenounMWEAn alternate location for processing information (and possibly conducting business) in an emergency. Usually distinguished as "hot" sites that are fully configured centers with compatible computer equipment and "cold" sites that are operational computer centers without the computer equipment.verifiedMay 9, 2026
recovery strategynounMWEA strategy to resume the minimum set of critical services identified in the business impact analysis (e.g. use of another delivery channel to provide the same service.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Recovery time objectivenounMWEThe overall length of time an information system’s components can be in the recovery phase before negatively impacting the organization’s mission or mission/business functions.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Recovery time objective (RTO)nounMWEThe maximum allowable downtime that can occur without severely impacting the recovery of operations or the time in which systems, applications, or business functions must be recovered after an outage (e.g. the point in time that a process can no longer be inoperable).verifiedAug 30, 2026
Recovery vendorsnounMWEOrganizations that provide recovery sites and support services for a fee.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Recreation FacilitynounMWEa public facility for recreationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recreation RoomnounMWEa room equipped for informal entertainingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recreational DrugnounMWEa narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recreational FacilitynounMWEa public facility for recreationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recreational VehiclenounMWEa motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectal ArterynounMWEone of the arteries supplying the rectal areaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectal ReflexnounMWEnormal response to the presence of feces in the rectumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectal VeinnounMWEany of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectumverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectifying TubenounMWEa thermionic tube having two electrodesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectifying ValvenounMWEa thermionic tube having two electrodesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectilinear RegressionnounMWEthe relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + bverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectus InferiornounMWEthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and mediallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectus LateralisnounMWEthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outwardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectus MedialisnounMWEthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball mediallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Rectus SuperiornounMWEthe ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and mediallyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recurrent EventnounMWEan event that recurs at intervalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recurrent FevernounMWEmarked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticksverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recurring DecimalnounMWEa decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recursive DefinitionnounMWE(mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of stepsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recursive RoutinenounMWEa routine that can call itselfverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recycling BinnounMWEa bin for depositing things to be recycledverifiedMay 18, 2026
Recycling PlantnounMWEa plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materialsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red AdmiralnounMWEof temperate Europe and AsiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red AlertnounMWEthe highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Red AlgaenounMWEmarine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red AmaranthnounMWEtall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purpleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Angel's TrumpetnounMWEarborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red AshnounMWEsmallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfacesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BaneberrynounMWENorth American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BaynounMWEsmall tree of southern United States having dark red heartwoodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BearberrynounMWEevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BeechnounMWENorth American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nutsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BirchnounMWEbirch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown barkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Bird's EyenounMWEbiennial European catchfly having red or pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Bone MarrownounMWEbone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BordeauxnounMWEdry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BryonynounMWEbryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red BuckeyenounMWEa shrub buckeye of southern United StatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CabbagenounMWEcabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CampionnounMWEbiennial European catchfly having red or pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CarpetnounMWEa strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk onverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CedarnounMWEsmall juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CentnounMWEsomething of little valueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red ClaynounMWEclay whose redness results from iron oxideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red ClovernounMWEerect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red ColenounMWEcoarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent rootverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CoralnounMWEthe hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red CurrantnounMWEcultivated European current bearing small edible red berriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Cypress PinenounMWEAustralian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DagganounMWErelatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobaccoverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DeernounMWEcommon deer of temperate Europe and AsiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DevilnounMWEbarbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DogwoodnounMWEEuropean deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DrumnounMWElarge edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to MexicoverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red DwarfnounMWEa small, old, relatively cool starverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Dwarf StarnounMWEa small, old, relatively cool starverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red EftnounMWEred terrestrial form of a common North American newtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red ElmnounMWENorth American elm having rough leaves that are red when openingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red False MallownounMWEfalse mallow of western United States having racemose red flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red FirenounMWEcombustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright redverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red FlagnounMWEsomething that irritates or demands immediate actionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red FoxnounMWEweedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GiantnounMWEa large, old, luminous starverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Giant StarnounMWEa large, old, luminous starverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GingernounMWEan ornamental ginger native to Pacific islandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GoatfishnounMWEbody bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on sideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GoosefootnounMWEherb considered fatal to swineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GramnounMWEtropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat podsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GrousenounMWEreddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great BritainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red GumnounMWEreddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red HawnounMWEAmerican red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red HeatnounMWEthe heat or the color of fireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red HelleborinenounMWEorchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red HerringnounMWEany diversion intended to distract attention from the main issueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red HotnounMWEa frankfurter served hot on a bunverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red InknounMWEthe amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Jungle FowlnounMWEa jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red JunipernounMWEsmall juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red KaurinounMWENew Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown barkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red LauannounMWEhard heavy red wood of the red lauan treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Lauan TreenounMWEvaluable Philippine timber treeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red LavernounMWEedible red seaweedsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red LeadnounMWEa reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramicsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red LightnounMWEa cautionary sign of dangerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red LinenounMWEa line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rinkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red MannounMWEoffensive term for Native AmericansverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red MaplenounMWEmaple of eastern and central AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red MarrownounMWEbone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Red MeatnounMWEmeat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Red Morning-GlorynounMWEannual herb having scarlet flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026