RMS - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

  • Root mean square, a measure of the spread of a quantity
  • Watt RMS, often referred to as "RMS", a root mean square related to average audio power
  • Residual mean square, a measure of the difference between data and a model of that data
  • Rate-monotonic scheduling, a scheduling technique in operating systems
  • Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, a system designed to respond to changes in market conditions or customer demand
  • Any system that implements records management
  • Record Management Services, in OpenVMS
  • Record Management System, a persistent storage mechanism available to some Java ME configurations
  • Remote Manipulator System, a mechanical arm of the Space Shuttle that maneuvers payloads
  • Rights Management Services, a component of MS Windows Server 2003
  • Rostral migratory stream, leading new neurons to the olfactory bulb
  • RMS thread, also known as society thread, is a special 0.8"-36 Whitworth thread form used for microscope objective lenses. It is named after the Royal Microscopical Society

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