Computing

• .rc, a filename extension for configuration files in UNIX-like environments, abbreviating "run commands
  Run Commands
  The term rc stands for the phrase "run commands". It is used for any file that contains startup information for a command. It is believed to have originated somewhere in 1965 from a runcom facility from the MIT Compatible Time-Sharing System system....
  
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• File extension and compiler for Microsoft Windows resource
  Resource (Windows)
  In Microsoft Windows, resources are read-only data embedded in EXE, DLL, CPL or MUI files.The Windows API provides for easy access to all applications' resources.-Types:...
  
   scripts
• rc
  Rc
  rc is the command line interpreter for Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating systems. It resembles the Bourne shell, but its syntax is somewhat simpler. It was created by Tom Duff, who is better known for an unusual C programming language construct called Duff's device.A port of the...
  
  , the default Command line interface in Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 from Bell Labs
• "Rivest's Cipher", a term used in cryptographic algorithms
• Release Candidate, a term used in software engineering
• RigidChips
  RigidChips
  RigidChips is a rigid body simulator developed by Takeya Yasuhiko.In RigidChips, various objects and vehicles are constructed by combining parts with a scripting language. The program calculates air and water resistance realistically so that many different models can be made using any basic text...
  
  , a rigid body simulator program
• RoundCube
  RoundCube
  Roundcube is a web-based IMAP email client written in the PHP programming language. Roundcube's most prominent feature is the pervasive use of Ajax technology to present a more fluid and responsive user interface than that of traditional webmail clients...
  
  , a web-based IMAP e-mail client
• ||ReCaged||, a RollCage inspired Free Software racing simulator

Education

• Renaissance College, Hong Kong
• Residential College at Mary Foust
  Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust
  The Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust Hall is a living-learning community located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The college is made up of about 120 students who apply to the program in their senior year of high school.- History :The was founded in...
  
  , a living-learning residence hall at UNCG
• Roanoke College
  Roanoke College
  Roanoke College is an private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The college is located in Salem, Virginia, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia...
  
  , a private college in Salem, Virginia, United States
• Robert College
  Robert College
  Robert College of Istanbul , is one of the most selective independent private high schools in Turkey. Robert College is a co-educational, boarding school with a wooded campus on the European side of Istanbul between the two bridges on the Bosphorus, with the Arnavutköy district to the east, and...
  
  , a private high school in Istanbul, Turkey
• Riverside College, Inc.
  Riverside College, Inc.
  Riverside College, Inc. is a private medical college in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The college is owned and managed by the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital , which serves as its training and teaching facility...
  
  , a medical college in the Philippines

Circuitry

• Reflection coefficient
  Reflection coefficient
  The reflection coefficient is used in physics and electrical engineering when wave propagation in a medium containing discontinuities is considered. A reflection coefficient describes either the amplitude or the intensity of a reflected wave relative to an incident wave...
  
   of a circuit
• RC circuit
  RC circuit
  A resistor–capacitor circuit ', or RC filter or RC network, is an electric circuit composed of resistors and capacitors driven by a voltage or current source...
  
  , resistance/capacitance circuit, a term used in electronics

Hardware

• Radio control
  Radio control
  Radio control is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model vehicles from a hand-held radio transmitter...
  
  , a technology found in remote control vehicles
• Remote control
  Remote control
  A remote control is a component of an electronics device, most commonly a television set, used for operating the television device wirelessly from a short line-of-sight distance.The remote control is usually contracted to remote...
  
  , a technology found in home entertainment devices
• Reconfigurable Computing
  Reconfigurable computing
  Reconfigurable computing is a computer architecture combining some of the flexibility of software with the high performance of hardware by processing with very flexible high speed computing fabrics like field-programmable gate arrays...
  
  

Entertainment

• RC (Toy Story), a character from the Disney Pixar film franchise
• Refused Classification, an Australian designation for a film which must not be sold or hired (i. e. the film is banned)
• Robot Chicken
  Robot Chicken
  Robot Chicken is an American stop motion animated television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green provides many voices for the show...
  
  , a TV show on Adult Swim
• Star Wars: Republic Commando
  Star Wars: Republic Commando
  Star Wars: Republic Commando is a first-person shooter Star Wars video game, released in the US on March 1, 2005. It was developed and published by LucasArts for the Microsoft Windows and Xbox platforms. The game uses Epic Games' Unreal Engine...
  
  , a first-person shooter for Xbox and PC
• Rubik's Cube
  Rubik's Cube
  Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...
  
  , a toy

Society

• Remand Centre (UK), also known as a Jail
  Jail
  A jail is a short-term detention facility in the United States and Canada.Jail may also refer to:In entertainment:*Jail , a 1966 Malayalam movie*Jail , a 2009 Bollywood movie...
  
  , however, some Prisons also house remand prisoners
  Detention of suspects
  The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police-cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a somewhat hollow victory, in that there is no way to...
  
  
• Re-evaluation Counseling
  Re-evaluation Counseling
  Re-evaluation Counseling or RC is an organization founded by Harvey Jackins in the 1950s and led by him until his death in 1999. It introduced a procedure called "co-counseling", which Jackins said was a new and effective method of helping people and bringing about social reform. RC teaches...
  
  , an organization for personal growth and social change
• Resistance Council
  Local Council
  A Local Council is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. They were initially established as rebel support structures in the areas controlled by the National Resistance Army of Yoweri Museveni. At this time, they were known as Resistance Councils and proved...
  
   of Uganda
• Royal Commission
  Royal Commission
  In Commonwealth realms and other monarchies a Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue. They have been held in various countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia...
  
  

Sports

• Richard Childress
  Richard Childress
  Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and the current team owner of Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. As a business entrepreneur, Childress became one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina...
  
  , a NASCAR team owner
• Roberto Carlos (footballer), a Brazilian football player
• Rosario Central
  Rosario Central
  Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....
  
  , a football club in Argentina
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Royal Challengers Bangalore is a cricket team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League and currently lead by Daniel Vettori. The team is owned by Dr...
  
  , an Indian Premier League team
• Runs created
  Runs created
  Runs created is a baseball statistic invented by Bill James to estimate the number of runs a hitter contributes to his team.-Purpose:James explains in his book, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, why he believes runs created is an essential thing to measure:With regard to an offensive...
  
  , a baseball statistic
• Rugby Club

Miscellanea

• ṛc
  RC
  -Computing:* .rc, a filename extension for configuration files in UNIX-like environments, abbreviating "run commands"* File extension and compiler for Microsoft Windows resource scripts...
  
   "verse" in Sanskrit
• RC Cola
• Reinforced concrete
  Reinforced concrete
  Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
  
  , a concrete in which reinforcement bars ("rebars") have been incorporated to strengthen the structure
• Relative clause
  Relative clause
  A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun phrase, most commonly a noun. For example, the phrase "the man who wasn't there" contains the noun man, which is modified by the relative clause who wasn't there...
  
  , in linguistics, a subordinate clause that modifies a noun
• Research Chemical
  Designer drug
  Designer drug is a term used to describe drugs that are created to get around existing drug laws, usually by preparing analogs or derivatives of existing drugs by modifying their chemical structure to varying degrees, or less commonly by finding drugs with entirely different chemical structures...
  
  , a name used to refer to laboratory use & uncommon grey market psychoactive drugs
• Reserve Component, a term used in the United State military
• Revenue Commissioners
  Office of the Revenue Commissioners
  The Office of the Revenue Commissioners , - now called simply Revenue - is the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters...
  
  , Ireland
• Reverse Circulation, a term used in drilling rig
• Ridge Connector
  Tie (engineering)
  A tie, structural tie, connector, or structural connector is a structural component designed to resist tension. It is the opposite of a strut, which is designed to resist compression. Ties are generally made of galvanized steel...
  
  
• Ritchey-Chrétien, a design of telescope
• Role Call, a term used in theatre
• Roman Catholic
• Royal Caribbean