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RS may refer to:
Genetics
A unique submitted SNP record receive a reference SNP ID number (“rs#”; e.g. rs206437). Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DbSNPComputer-related
- RuneScapeRuneScapeRuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in January 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed and published by Jagex Games Studio. It is a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering...
, a multiplayer online role playing game (RPG) - Record separator (RS), a character in the C0C0 and C1 control codesMost character encodings, in addition to representing printable characters, may also represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, an instruction to start a new line, or a message that the text has been received...
control code set - Recommended Standard, an early prefix used for electronic standards (e.g. RS-232) now maintained by the Electronic Industries AllianceElectronic Industries AllianceThe Electronic Industries Alliance was a standards and trade organization composed as an alliance of trade associations for electronics manufacturers in the United States. They developed standards to ensure the equipment of different manufacturers was compatible and interchangeable...
- Reed-Solomon error correction, a popular coding technique
- RapidShareRapidShareRapidShare is a one-click hosting service that offers both free and commercial services. Operating from Switzerland, it is financed by the subscriptions of paying users...
, a peer-to-peer file sharing website. - .rs.rs.rs is the Internet country code top-level domain for Serbia. The domain name registry that operates it is the Register of National Internet Domain Names of Serbia . The letters rs stand for Republic of Serbia....
, the internet country code top-level domain for Republic of Serbia
Places
- Republic of Serbia, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
- Republika SrpskaRepublika SrpskaRepublika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, one of the two political entities that compose the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Rio Grande do SulRio Grande do SulRio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
, a state in Southern Brazil - Rimavská SobotaRimavská SobotaRimavská Sobota is a town in southern Slovakia, in the Banská Bystrica Region, on the Rimava river. It has 24,374 inhabitants . The town is a historical capital of the Gömör-Kishont county .-Geography:...
, Slovakia
Vehicles
- Rally SportRallyingRallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...
, a designation used on cars that are rally class - RennSport (German languageGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, literally translated as "racing sport"), a designation used for many high-performance road-legal sports cars, such as the Audi RS models, 1970s and 1990s Porsche 911 Carrera RS and the 2003 Porsche 911 GT3 RS - RenaultSport, the motorsport division of Renault
- Rallye Sport, used by the Ford Motor Company for its Ford TeamRSFord TeamRSThe Ford TeamRS is Ford Motor Company's European performance car and motorsport division for Ford Racing activity. The Ford RS badge was born for rally racing, the RS stands for Rallye Sport.- Ford RS models :...
series of cars - RS, a range of sailing boats produced by LDC Racing Sailboats including the RS200, RS300RS300The RS300 is a modern racing sailing dinghy made by RS Sailing . The RS300 is a one-design, single-handed, hiking dinghy with a PY of 1000 . Designed by Clive Everest first produced in 1998 it is thought to be based on the International Moth, of which Everest was a successful designer...
, RS400, RS500, RS600, RS700RS700The RS700 is a single-handed racing dinghy built by RS Racing and designed in 2000 by Nick Peters and Alex Southon as part of the RS series and built in 2001...
, RS800RS800The RS800 is a light-weight sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison and manufactured by RS Sailing. The boat is sailed by 2 people both on trapeze and has a main, jib and spinnaker. The RS800 has a PY number of 822...
, RS VareoRS VareoThe RS Vareo is a modern, single handed sailing dinghy widely raced throughout the UK at both club and national level. It is a unique dinghy manufactured by RS Sailing. The RS Vareo is a hiking singlehander with an asymmetric spinnaker....
, RS TeraRS TeraThe RS Tera is a one man monohull dinghy in the RS Sailing range of sailing boats. It is recognised by the International Sailing Federation as an international class, and is a popular boat for beginners.-Performance and design:...
, RS FevaRS FevaThe RS Feva is a two person sailing dinghy designed by Paul Handley in 2002. It is manufactured and distributed by RS Sailing. The RS Feva is an International Sailing Federation International Class, a Royal Yachting Association Supported Junior Class, and has been selected by the Dansk Sejlunion...
, & RS Vision dinghies as well as the RS K6 & RS Elite keelboats - Road switcherRoad switcherA road switcher is a type of railroad locomotive used for delivering or picking up cars outside of a railroad yard. Since the road switcher must work some distance away from a yard, it needs to be able to operate at road speeds, it must also have high-visibility while it is switching, and it must...
, a type of railroad locomotive - Roberval and Saguenay RailwayRoberval and Saguenay RailwayThe Roberval and Saguenay Railway is a small railway company, wholly owned by Rio Tinto Alcan. It carries raw materials in portions of northern Quebec province, Canada. With about of track in total, it touches on such spots as Chicoutimi and Arvida and connects to the Canadian National Railway....
reporting mark RS
Other
- Rs., an abbreviation for rupeeRupeeThe rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...
, the currency used in Pakistan, India and several other Asian countries - Rolling StoneRolling StoneRolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, a magazine - RS ComponentsRS ComponentsRS Components, commonly known as RS, is a global, world leading industrial component distributor headquartered in Corby in the United Kingdom. It distributes to the United Kingdom, most of Europe and Asia and is part of the Electrocomponents group....
, an international electronic component distributor headquartered in the UK. - Risk and Safety StatementsRisk and Safety StatementsRisk and Safety Statements, also known as R/S statements, R/S numbers, R/S phrases, and R/S sentences, is a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals and compounds. The R/S statement of a compound consists of a risk part and a safety part , each followed by a combination...
or "R/S statements", a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals - RS Music, a record label
- Relief SocietyRelief SocietyThe Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...
, a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Religious studiesReligious studiesReligious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.While theology attempts to...
, an academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions - Roemheld syndromeRoemheld syndromeRoemheld syndrome , also known as Roemheld-Techlenburg-Ceconi-Syndrome or gastric-cardia, is a complex of gastrocardiac symptoms first described by Ludwig Roemheld . It is a syndrome where maladies in the gastrointestinal tract or abdomen trigger/cause cardiac symptoms...
- Reiter's Syndrome
- Resistant starchResistant starchResistant starch is starch and starch degradation products that escape digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. Resistant starch is considered the third type of dietary fiber, as it can deliver some of the benefits of insoluble fiber and some of the benefits of soluble fiber.Some...
- RS Public Company LimitedRS Public Company LimitedRS Public Company Limited is a Thai entertainment company. It has a record label,produces programming for television, makes films, publishes magazines and promotes concerts. In thailand-History:...
, a Thai Music Company - R/S classification, important in chiral chemistry
- République solidaireUnited RepublicUnited Republic is a centre-right political party in France launched by Dominique de Villepin, a former Prime Minister, on 18 June 2010....
- a new French party - RadioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
set, i.e. a device containing a radio transmitter and/or receiver - Radio Science, an instrument aboard MESSENGER space probe
- "RS" is an abbreviation of "risos" in Portuguese (LOLLOLLOL is an acronym or abbreviation of "laughing out loud", "lots of luck", or "lots of love". In medical slang, it is used as an acronym for "little old lady", a reference to the novel House of God.LOL or Lol may also refer to:...
equivalent).