https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/ 2026-07-19T08:37:31-0400 https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/ https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:42-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:computermemory&rev=1626295482&do=diff Random access memory (RAM) Return to Glossary Random access memory (RAM) is a type of data storage used in computers that is generally located on the motherboard. This type of memory is volatile and all information that was stored in RAM is lost when the computer is turned off. Volatile memory is temporary memory while text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:42-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rdf&rev=1626295482&do=diff Resource Description Framework (RDF) Return to Glossary Resource Description Framework (RDF) is the standard for encoding metadata and other structured information on the Semantic Web. RDF presents small chunks of information in a form that infers meaning. This can include rules about how the data should be interpreted so the overall informational value is much greater because context or intent can be inferred. text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:42-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:realtime&rev=1626295482&do=diff Realtime Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI Real-time is relating to a system in which input data is processed within milliseconds so that it is available virtually immediately as feedback. Source: Realtime (Oxford Definition) text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:42-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rebootworld&rev=1626295482&do=diff Reboot the World Problem Return to Glossary Reboot the World Problem occurs when an integral, underlying component of a system (usually middleware) changes requiring all the components that rely on that component to require a reboot in order to remain operational and interact with the other distributed components within the system. This is a cause of fragility in the overall system and is a major problem for text/html 2021-07-14T16:19:54-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:recloser&rev=1626293994&do=diff Recloser Return to Glossary A Recloser is an automatic, high-voltage electric switch. Like a circuit breaker on household electric lines, it shuts off electric power when trouble occurs, such as a short circuit. Where a household circuit breaker remains shut off until it is manually reset, a recloser automatically tests the electrical line to determine whether the trouble has been removed. And, if the problem was only temporary, the recloser automatically resets itself and restores the elec… text/html 2021-07-14T16:45:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:renewerg&rev=1626295502&do=diff Renewable Resources Return to Glossary Welcome to DDS Foundation WIKI Renewable Resources include solar energy, wind, falling water, the heat of the earth (geothermal), plant materials (biomass), waves, ocean currents, temperature differences in the oceans and the energy of the tides. Renewable energy technologies produce power, heat or mechanical energy by converting those resources either to electricity or to motive power. Commercial technologies include hydroelectric power, solar energy,… text/html 2021-07-14T16:45:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:repeater&rev=1626295502&do=diff Repeater Return to Glossary A Repeater is an electronic device that amplifies the signal it receives. You can think of repeater as a device which receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power so that the signal can cover longer distances, more than 100 meters for standard text/html 2021-07-14T16:45:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:requirement&rev=1626295502&do=diff Requirement Return to Glossary A Requirement specifies a capability or condition that must (or should) be satisfied. A requirement may specify a function that a system must perform or a performance condition a system must achieve. Source: Requirement text/html 2021-07-14T16:45:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:reusability&rev=1626295502&do=diff Reusability Return to Glossary See 2.2.3.2 Reusability Reusability is the use of existing assets in some form within the software product development process; these assets are products and by-products of the software development life cycle and include code, software components, test suites, designs and documentation. The opposite concept of Reusability is text/html 2021-07-14T16:29:58-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rfc&rev=1626294598&do=diff Request For Comment (RFC) Return to Glossary Request For Comment (RFC) is an alternative to the Technology Adoption Process allowing an Object Management Group® (OMG) member to request OMG adoption of an uncontentious specification without requiring a Request for Proposals to be issued. Source: text/html 2021-07-14T16:23:40-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rfi&rev=1626294220&do=diff Request For Information (RFI) Return to Glossary Request For Information (RFI) is a general request to the computer industry, academia, and any other interested parties to submit information about a particular technology area to one of the Object Management Group® (OMG)'s TFs. Information received in response to an RFI is typically used by a TF to formulate one or more RFPs. text/html 2021-07-14T16:22:05-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rfp&rev=1626294125&do=diff Request For Proposal (RFP) Return to Glossary Request For Proposal (RFP) is the requirements document for a new Object Management Group® (OMG) technology specification. Issuance of an RFP starts the OMG Technology Adoption Process. RFPs are written and recommended by a TF, certified by the Architecture Board (AB), and issued by vote of the TF's Parent Body. text/html 2021-07-15T12:22:34-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:risc&rev=1626366154&do=diff Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) Return to Glossary Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) is a computer that uses a Central Processing Unit (CPU) that implements the processor design principle of simplified instructions. To date, RISC is the most efficient CPU architecture technology. This architecture is an evolution and alternative to text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:43-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rom&rev=1626295483&do=diff Read-Only Memory (ROM) Return to Glossary Read-Only Memory (ROM) is a type of storage medium that permanently stores data on personal computers (PCs) and other electronic devices. It contains the programming needed to start a PC, which is essential for boot-up; it performs major input/output tasks and holds programs or software instructions. text/html 2021-07-15T12:22:34-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:router&rev=1626366154&do=diff Router Return to Glossary A Router helps transmit packets to their destinations by charting a path through the sea of interconnected networking devices using different network topologies. Routers are intelligent devices, and they store information about the networks they’re connected to. Most routers can be configured to operate as packet-filtering firewalls and use text/html 2021-07-14T16:33:54-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rpc&rev=1626294834&do=diff Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Return to Glossary Remote Procedure Call (RPC) are used in distributed computing. It is when a computer program causes a procedure (subroutine) to execute in a different address space (commonly on another computer on a shared network), which is coded as if it were a normal (local) procedure call, without the programmer explicitly coding the details for the remote interaction. That is, the programmer writes essentially the same code whether the subroutine is local … text/html 2021-07-14T16:44:43-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rtos&rev=1626295483&do=diff Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Return to Glossary A Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) is an Operating System (OS) intended to serve real-time applications that process data as it comes in, typically without buffer delays. Processing time requirements (including any OS delay) are measured in tenths of seconds or shorter increments of time. A real-time system is a time-bound system which has well-defined, fixed time constraints. Processing must be done within the defined constraints or the … text/html 2021-07-14T16:17:55-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:rtps&rev=1626293875&do=diff f Real-time Publish-Subscribe (RTPS) Return to Glossary Real-time Publish-Subscribe(RTPS) Wire Protocol defines a set of requirements for a wire protocol suitable for the Data Distribution Service (DDS). Primary considerations in the design of the RTPS wire protocol are: performance, configurability (tuning quality-of-service), text/html 2021-07-21T09:24:51-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/ddsf/doku.php?id=ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:r:start&rev=1626873891&do=diff Glossary R Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'R' here List of Words Return to Top * Random access memory (RAM) * Read-Only Memory (ROM) * Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) * Real-time Publish-Subscribe (RTPS) * Realtime * Reboot the World Problem * Recloser * Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) * Remote Procedure Call (RPC) * Renewable Resources * Repeater * Request For Comment (RFC) * Request For Information (RFI) * Request For Proposal …