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- RAID (redundant array of independent disks)
- Hard drive subsystem that provides convenient, low-cost and reliable storage by saving data on more than one disk simultaneously > More
- RCA connectors
- Connector used to carry video and line-level audio on stereos, TVs and so on > More
- RGB
- Method that video display devices use to display colour > More
- RIAA
- Organisation representing many music labels > More
- RealAudio
- Standard for playing and streaming audio files > More
- rainbow effect
- Visual artefact that occurs in single-chip DLP displays > More
- rear projection
- TV system where a picture is projected onto the rear of a translucent screen and viewed as you would a normal TV > More
- refresh rate
- Maximum number of times per second that a CRT monitor can redraw an image > More
- resolution
- Measure of the quality at which a printer can print or a monitor can display > More
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