RTO
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RTO may refer to:
- The Really Terrible OrchestraThe Really Terrible OrchestraThe Really Terrible Orchestra is a British amateur orchestra, founded in 1995 by the Edinburgh-based businessman Peter Stevenson and the author Alexander McCall Smith. The inspiration for Stevenson and Smith was the enjoyment that their children were having with their school orchestras...
- Recovery time objectiveRecovery Time ObjectiveThe recovery time objective is the duration of time and a service level within which a business process must be restored after a disaster in order to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity....
, the time for a business process to be restored after a disruption - Regenerative thermal oxidizerRegenerative thermal oxidizerA regenerative thermal oxidizer is an industrial process for the treatment of exhaust air. The system uses a bed of ceramic material to absorb heat from the exhaust gas and use the captured heat to preheat the incoming process gas stream....
, in off-gas treatment - Regional transmission organizationRegional transmission organizationA regional transmission organization in the United States is an organization that is responsible for moving electricity over large interstate areas. Like a transmission system operator , an RTO coordinates, controls and monitors an electricity transmission grid that is larger with much higher...
, in electric utility distribution - Regional Transport OfficeRegional Transport OfficeRegional Transport Office is an Indian government bureau which is responsible for the registration of vehicles and the issue of Driver's Licences in India....
, Indian government bureau - Registered training organisationRegistered training organisationA registered training organisation in Australia, is a vocational education organisation that provides students with training that results in qualifications and statements of attainment that are recognised and accepted by industry and other educational institutions throughout Australia.Registered...
, a vocational education organisation - Rejected takeoffRejected takeoffA rejected takeoff or RTO is the situation in which it is decided to abort the takeoff of an airplane...
, in aviation - NATO Research and Technology OrganisationNATO Research and Technology OrganisationThe NATO Research and Technology Organisation promotes and conducts co-operative scientific research and exchange of technical information amongst 26 NATO nations and 38 NATO partners...
- Retransmission timeout (as used in the Transmission Control ProtocolTransmission Control ProtocolThe Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol , and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP...
) - Return to OperationReturn to OperationRTO is sometimes incorrectly defined as meaning Return to Operation and the translation attributed to ITIL. In fact ITIL glossaries define RTO as Recovery Time Objective....
, an IT Service Management term - Reverse takeoverReverse takeoverA reverse takeover or reverse merger is the acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the private company can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public...
, a merger between a public company and a private company - RadiotelephoneRadiotelephoneA radiotelephone is a communications system for transmission of speech over radio. Radiotelephone systems are not necessarily interconnected with the public "land line" telephone network. "Radiotelephone" is often used to describe the usage of radio spectrum where it is important to distinguish the...
operator, a person who operates a radioTwo-way radioA two-way radio is a radio that can both transmit and receive , unlike a broadcast receiver which only receives content. The term refers to a personal radio transceiver that allows the operator to have a two-way conversation with other similar radios operating on the same radio frequency...
or other communications equipment on behalf of another party