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Renegade StatenounMWEa state that does not respect other states in its international actionsverified
Renew a certificatenounMWEThe act or process of extending the validity of the data binding asserted by a public key certificate by issuing a new certificate.Credential
Renewable ResourcenounMWEany natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of timeverified
Renewalnounthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivationverified
Renouncementnounan act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disownedverified
Renovatornouna skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furnitureverified
Rental CollectionnounMWEa collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily feeverified
Renternounsomeone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone elseverified
Rentiernounsomeone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investmentsverified
Renunciationnounthe state of having rejected your religious beliefs, your political party, or a cause, often in favor of opposing beliefs or causesverified
Reovirusnounany of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritisverified
Repair ActionnounMWENSA-approved change to a COMSEC end-item that does not affect the original characteristics of the end-item and is provided for optional application by holders. Repair actions are limited to minor electrical and/or mechanical improvements to enhance operation, maintenance, or reliability. They do not require an identification label, marking, or control but must be fully documented by changes to the maintenance manual.ControlRegulatedCUI
RepeatersnounA physical layer device that regenerates and propagates electrical signals between two network segments Scope Note: Repeaters receive signals from one network segment and amplify (regenerate) the signal to compensate for signals (analog or digital) distorted by transmission loss due to reduction of signal strength during transmission (i.e., attenuation)Network
Repeating DecimalnounMWEa decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitelyverified
Repechagenouna race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final raceverified
Repertoirenouna collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular scheduleverified
Repertorynouna collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular scheduleverified
Replacement CostnounMWEcurrent cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectivenessverified
ReplaynounThe ability to copy a message or stream of messages between two parties and replay (retransmit) them to one or more of the partiesThreat
Replay attacknounMWEThe interception of communications, such as an authentication communication, and subsequently impersonation of the sender by retransmitting the intercepted communication.Threat
Replicationnounthe repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusionverified
Report of ExaminationnounMWEThe report prepared by the Board, or other federal or state financial institution supervisory agency, concerning the examination of a financial institution, and includes reports of inspection and reports of examination of U.S. branches or agencies of foreign banks and representative offices of foreign organizations, and other institutions examined by the Federal Reserve System.ArtifactRegulated
reportable cyber incidentnounMWEA Cyber Security Incident that has compromised or disrupted one or more reliability tasks of a functional entity.EventRegulatedCUI
reporting requirementnounMWESet by the organization, this requires third parties to provide certain update and other status reports, such as work status, Service Level Agreement status, etc.RequirementRegulated
Reporting WeightnounMWEa person's body weight (as an athlete's) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice)verified
RepositorynounA database containing information and data relating to certificates as specified in a CP; may also be referred to as a directory.Data
Repossessionnounthe action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)verified
Representational ProcessnounMWEany basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something elseverified
Representative SamplenounMWEthe population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratumverified
Representative SamplingnounMWEthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratumverified
Repressionnoun(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming consciousverified
Reprintingnouna publication, such as a book, that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for saleverified
ReproducibilitynounCloseness of the agreement between the results of measurements of the same measurand carried out under changed conditions of measurement.Metric
Reproductionnounrecall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recallverified
Reproduction CostnounMWEcost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)verified