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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 345QSPIR&DradradarRAMRCRFRFIRFICRF-IDRIERISCrmsROMRSDRTDRTRqueued SPIresearch and developmentradianradio detection and ranging; system based on transmittedand reflected RF energy for determining and locatingobjects, measuring distance and altitude, and navigatingrandom-access memory; memory used for temporary storageof data. RAM is volatile memory that is lost when thepower is turned off.resistance-capacitanceradio frequency; frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrumnormally associated with radio wave propagation;sometimes defined as transmission of any frequency atwhich coherent electromagnetic energy radiation is possible,usually above 150 kHzradio frequency interference; (usually) unintentionallyradiated energy that may interfere with the operation of oreven damage electronic equipmentradio frequency ICRF identificationreactive ion etching; a dry etching process that combinesplasma etching and ion beam removal of the surface layerreduced instruction set computer; a CPU architecture thatoptimizes processing speed by the use of a smaller numberof basic machine instructionsroot mean squareread-only memory; memory used for permanent storage ofdata. ROM is nonvolatile memory.remote sensing deviceresistance temperature detectorremote transmission request