RC

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RC, rc or R/C can mean:

• Sanskrit ṛc "verse"

In computing

• rc, the default Command line interface in Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 from Bell Labs
• a filename extension for configuration files in UNIX-like environments, abbreviating "run commands"
• Release candidate, in software engineering
• "Rivest's Cipher", a name given to a number of cryptographic algorithms including RC2, RC4, RC5, and RC6.
• File extension and compiler for Microsoft Windows resource scripts

In transportation

• the IATA code for Atlantic Airways
• Rosslyn Connecting Railroad (AAR reporting marks RC)
• SJ Rc, a Swedish locomotive

In electronics

in hardware:

• Radio control typically as in remote control vehicles
• Remote control typically as in home entertainment devices

in circuitry:

• Reflection coefficient of a circuit
• RC circuit, resistance/capacitance circuit, in electronics

Other uses

• Racing Club, various football club name
• R.C. Cola
• Re-evaluation Counseling, a grass-roots organization for personal growth and social change
• Red Colony, a Mars colonization advocacy group
• Refused Classification, in Australia this is a film which must not be sold or hired, i. e. the film is banned
• Reinforced concrete
• Renaissance College
• Renaissance College Hong Kong
• Reserve capacity measurement of a Car battery
• Research chemical, a name often used to refer to grey market psychedelics
• Residential College at Mary Foust, a living-learning residence hall at UNCG
• Resistance Council of Uganda
• Revenue Commissioners, Ireland
• Roanoke College, a private college in Salem, Virginia
• Robert College, a private high school in Istanbul, Turkey
• Robot Chicken, a TV show on Adult Swim
• Roman Catholic Church
• Royal Commission
• Royal Challengers Bangalore, an Indian Premier League team
• Runs Created, a baseball statistic
• Star Wars: Republic Commando, a First-person shooter for Xbox and PC