Science and Technology
- RoS (computing), request for a service running dormant on a computer cluster
- ROS (Robot Operating System), an open source robotics platform by Willow Garage and Stanford AI Labs
- React Operating System, open source operating system for Windows binary compatibility
- Reactive Oxygen Species, reactive molecules containing the oxygen atom
- Russian Orbital Segment, components of the International Space Station
- Rod Outer Segment, the light sensitive part of a in the retina of the eye
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