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Redirect By using particular HTML-code in a Web page, one can redirect the visitor seamlessly to another Web page.
 
Redundancy Form of protection against system failures. For example, if you want to be sure that you'll always have power supply, you can set up two power supplies so that one takes over if the other one fails.
 
Register With shareware, when you contact the vendor and pay for the product, you are registering. In return, you will receive either a password to turn off the nag notices or a copy of the full commercial version.
 
Resolution The degree of sharpness of a displayed or printed character or image. On screen, resolution is expressed as a matrix of dots. For example, the VGA resolution of 640x480 means 640 dots (pixels) across each of the 480 lines. Sometimes the number of colors are added to the spec; for example, 640x480x16 or 640x480x256. The same resolution looks sharper on a small screen than a larger one.
 
Response time Time between the sending of a request to a specific Internet server and the execution of that request.
 
RGB (Red Green Blue) The color model used for generating video on a display screen. It displays colors as varying intensities of red, green and blue dots. When all three are turned on high, white is produced. As intensities are equally lowered, shades of gray are derived. The base color of the screen appears when all dots are off
 
Robot A program that automatically searches the World Wide Web for files.
 
Root 1. Top-level directory from which all other (sub)directories branch out. 2. On a UNIX system, the system administrator's account (also known as the superuser account). For security reasons, only the system administrator is allowed to log in as root.
 
Router Computer that acts as an interface between two networks. A router sends data packets back and forth between networks.
 
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