RAID
(Redundant Array of Independent Disks) - A system of using multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data among drives. The storage between these disk are managed by a controller and in some cases multiple controllers.
raw logs
Raw access data that is updated by the server and can be downloaded and interpreted by statistic programs.
Real Media
Software suite created by Real, Inc. most commonly used within websites for the purpose of streaming video and audio.
referrer
A referrer is the URL of the page from which a user accesses another page. For example, if you have two pages,example.com/page1.html and example.com/page2.html, and someone accesses example.com/page2.html from a link on example.com/page1.html, the referrer would be example.com/page1.html.
The referrer URL is sent by most browsers as part of a request for a page. If a user makes a direct request for a page (for example, typing example.com/page2.html into the address bar), there will be no referrer information sent.
Registrar
A registrar is a company that handles domain name registrations. They sell domains and allow their customers to manage domains they have purchased.
Resin
Servlet run within Apache used for JSP support and load balancing for increased reliability.
resolution
Term used to describe when a site appears after sending a request to a specific server. Can also be used in the context of your screen resolution (i.e. 1200 x 1600 screen resolution)
RFC
Requests for Comments. Documents that contain the protocols, standards and information that define the internet, published by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
robots.txt
A file contained within the root directory that grants access to internet spiders for specific pages.
Router
A network device that forwards packets from one network to another. Based on internal routing tables, routers read each incoming packet and decide how to forward it. To which interface on the router outgoing packets are sent may be determined by any combination of source and destination address as well as current traffic conditions (load, line costs, bad lines, etc.).
RSS
-(Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the latest news from Web sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary."
