RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
A hard disk arrangement comprising of multiple disks acting or working as one; RAID can be implemented in many ways but the main two are striped RAID, splitting data across multiple disks that appear as one or mirrored RAID, data written to one disk is simultaneously written to another
RAM (Random Access Memory)
A volatile form of memory, the contents of which is lost as soon as power is lost to the system
Refresh
The function within your web browser that re-requests the page you are currently looking at
Registry
A directory store for settings and options for the Windows operating system; it also contains settings and options for hardware attached to the computer and software installed on it
RGB (Red Green Blue)
The three primary colours, combined in various ways to make any other colour
Readme File
A file containing information relating to an application or hardware device
ROM (Read Only Memory)
A non-writeable form of memory most commonly used to store a computers BIOS
Router
A network hardware device that determines the proper path of travel for data between networks and forwards accordingly; they can be setup to learn these routes automatically or have them manually set in the configuration by the network administrator
