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Round Valley Unified School District Round Valley Unified School District (RVUSD) is an Arizona school district comprised of five schools in Apache County, Arizona. The towns that house the schools of RVUSD include Eagar and Springerville, Arizona.
Round whitefish Round Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) is a freshwater species of fish that is found in lakes from Alaska to New England, including the Great Lakes. It is has an olive-brown back with light silvery sides and underside and its size is generally between 9 and 19 inches long.
Round-bottom flask Round-bottom flasks (also called round-bottomed flasks) are types of flasks having spherical bottoms used as laboratory glassware, mostly for chemical or biochemical work. They are typically made of glass for chemical inertness; and in modern days, they are usually made of heat-resistant glass called Pyrex.
Round-off error A round-off error, also called rounding error, is the difference between the calculated approximation of a number and its exact mathematical value. Numerical analysis specifically tries to estimate this error when using approximation equations and/or algorithms, especially when using finite digits to represent infinite digits of real numbers.
Round-robin The term round-robin is used in several contexts and usually means that a number of things are taking turns at something, for example a "round-robin-party" where participants walk door to door for small parties at each participant's habitat. A round-robin letter is usually taken to refer to a letter from a large group of subordinates criticising their superiors; such a letter is typically only sent if the number of signatories has become too large for individual retribution to be taken against them.
Round-robin scheduling Round-robin is one of the simplest scheduling algorithms for processes in an operating system, which assigns time slices to each process in equal portions and in order, handling all processes without priority. Round-robin scheduling is both simple and easy to implement, and starvation-free.
Round-robin story A round-robin story, or simply "round robin," is a type of collaborative fiction or storytelling in which a number of authors each write chapters of a novel or pieces of a story, in rounds. Round-robin novels were invented in the 19th century, and later became a tradition particularly in science fiction.
Round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. In a pure round-robin schedule, each participant plays every other participant once.
Round-the-pole flying Round-the-pole flying (RTP) is a form of flying model aircraft, in which the model is attached via a line from its wingtip to a central support structure. Control signals can be passed to the model via wires alongside or integral with the attachment line.
Round-the-world ticket A round-the-world ticket (also known as round-the-world fare or RTW ticket in short) is a product that enables travelers and tourists to fly and travel around the world for a relatively low price. RTW tickets have existed for some time and in the past were generally offered through marketing agreements between airlines on several continents.
Round-tower church Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower churches in Germany, of similar design and construction to those in East Anglia.
Round-trip engineering A functionality of software development tools that provides generation of models from source code (see reverse engineering) and generation of source code from models; this way, existing source code can be converted into a model, be subjected to software engineering methods and then be converted back.
Round-trip format conversion The term "round-trip" is commonly used in document conversion particularly involving markup languages such as XML and SGML. A successful round-trip consists of converting a document in format A (docA) to one in format B (docB) and then back again to format A (docA').
Round-tripping Round-tripping, also known as round-trip transactions or "Lazy Susans", is defined by The Wall Street Journal, as a form of barter that involves a company selling "an unused asset to another company while at the same time agreeing to buy back the same or similar assets at about the same price." Round trips are characteristic of the New Economy companies.
Roundabout A roundabout or rotary is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams around a central island, after first yielding (giving way) to the circulating traffic. In the United States it is technically called a "modern roundabout", to emphasize the distinction from the older, larger type of traffic circle.
Roundabout Appreciation Society The Roundabout Appreciation Society (UKRAS) is a group of people in the United Kingdom that discuss various aspects of traffic roundabouts. The main topic of discussion is the architecture of the roundabouts, including their general design and any specific safety features.
Roundabout dog A roundabout dog (, originally Östgötsk rondellhund) is a form of street installation, which began occurring during the autumn of 2006 in cities and towns all over Sweden. Anonymous people put out homemade dogs, typically made of wood (or sometimes plastic, metal and textile) in roundabouts.
Roundabout Theatre Company The Roundabout Theatre Company is a non-profit, subscription based theatre company, based in New York City. They own two Broadway (Studio 54 and the American Airlines Theatre) and one Off-Broadway (the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Arts) theatres.
Roundaboutness Roundaboutness, or roundabout methods of production, is the term used to describe the process whereby capital goods are produced first and then, with the help of the capital goods, the desired consumer goods are produced.
Roundarm bowling In cricket, roundarm bowling is a style that was introduced in the early years of the 19th century to supersede underarm bowling. Its use fell into decline after 1864 when the current style of overarm bowling was legalised, although W G Grace continued to use it to the end of his career.
RoundCube RoundCube is a webmail client written in the PHP programming language. Roundcube's most prominent feature is the pervasive use of AJAX technology to present a more fluid and responsive user interface than that of traditional webmail clients.
Roundel A roundel in heraldry is any circular shape; in military use it is a distinctive, mostly round insignia or identifying emblem, commonly painted today on military aircraft to indicate which nation's air force or navy they belong to. However, some corporations and other organizations also make use of roundels in their branding, employing them as a trademark, or logo, such as the famous roundels of BMW, ICI, and the London Underground.
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne (November 27, 1812 – May 4, 1895), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was called to the bar in 1837 and entered parliament as a Conservative in 1847. Palmer soon became a Liberal, however, and served Palmerston and Russell as Solicitor General (1861-1863) and Attorney General (1863-1866).
Rounder Records Rounder Records is a Cambridge, Massachusetts–based independent record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students. The label is now one of the biggest independents in the United States, with several specialized subsidiary labels.
Rounders (film) Rounders is a 1998 film about the underground world of high-stakes poker. Directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, the movie follows two friends who need to quickly earn enough cash playing poker to pay off a huge debt.
Roundhay Roundhay is one of the better known of Leeds's suburbs. It is a prosperous, and mainly wealthy area on the north-east edge of the city, adjacent to Alwoodley, Shadwell Village, Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Gledhow and Oakwood; and is home to Roundhay Park, a grand, Victorian park.
Roundhead The Roundheads was the nickname given to the supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War. They were called this because they called the supporters of Charles I cavaliers and in return the cavaliers gave roundheads a nickname because they wore closely cropped hair that was uncommon at that time.
Roundhead (weapon) A roundhead was a type of mace used during the English Civil War. It is described as having a head about nine inches long, a staff two yards long inserted into the head, twelve iron spikes round about, with another spike in the end.
Roundhouse (dwelling) The roundhouse is a type of house with a circular plan, built in western Europe before the Roman occupation. The wall was made either of stone or of wooden posts joined by wattle-and-daub panels, and the roof was conical and thatched.
Roundhouse kick A roundhouse kick (also known as a round kick or turning kick) is a kick in which the attacker swings his or her leg around in a semicircular motion, striking with the front of the leg or foot. This type of kick is utilized in many different martial arts and is popular in both non-contact and full-contact martial arts competitions.
Rounding up Rounding-up is a phenomenon that occurs in sailing when the helmsman or tiller-handler is no longer able to control the direction of the boat and it heads up (or "rounds up") into the wind, causing the boat to slow down or stall out. This occurs when the wind overpowers the ability of the rudder to maintain a straight course.
Roundshot Solid roundshot was the standard projectile of cannons for naval engagements over longer distances until the invention of fixed rounds. Usually it was a simple ball of iron with a size fitting the cannon, but other materials, such as stone, were tried.
Roundsman System The Roundsman System (sometimes termed the billet, or ticket, or item system), in the English poor law, a plan by which the parish paid the occupiers of property to employ the applicants for relief at a rate of wages fixed by the parish. It depended not on the services, but on the wants of the applicants, the employer being repaid out of the poor rate all that he advanced in wages beyond a certain sum.
Roundstone Advisors Roundstone Advisors, LLC is a Westford, Massachusetts based registered investment advisor and commodity trading advisor that specializes in commodity futures, options, and derivatives, as well as short term fixed-income markets.
Roundy's Roundy's is a supermarket chain with about 142 stores in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Roundy's was also a major warehouse distributor to non-company supermarkets, including IGA, but it has moved out of the wholesale market to focus on retail.
Rouran Rouran (, literally Soft-like), Juan Juan (, literally meaning the Wriggling Insects, a name given by the Toba ruling elites of northern China), or Ruru (, literally meaning Fodder) was the name of a confederation of nomadic tribes on the northern borders of China Proper from the late 4th century until the late 6th century. Because one of their member tribes, the Hua (who they placed at the head of the Uyghurs in 460) later appeared in Europe as the Eurasian Avars, the gross oversimplification that they were synonymous with the Avars has become widespread.
Rousas John Rushdoony Rousas John Rushdoony (25 April 1916 – 8 February 2001) was a Calvinist philosopher, historian, and theologian and is widely credited as the father of both Reconstructionism and the modern homeschool movement.
Rousay Rousay (from Old Norse Hrólfs-øy meaning Rolf's Island) is a small, hilly island about 3 km (2 miles) north of Orkney's Mainland, in Scotland, and has been nicknamed "the Egypt of the north" due to its tremendous archaeological diversity and importance.
Rouse Islands The Rouse Islands or Rouse Rocks are a small group of islands in the eastern part of Holme Bay, fringing the coast of Mac Robertson Land close south of Welch Island. The Rouse Islands are located at and have an altitude of 28 m.
Rouse Simmons The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner famous for having disappeared in 1912 with a cargo of Christmas trees bound for Chicago. The ship was sailing on Lake Michigan in a violent storm when it sank off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age! (ć–°ă—ă„äşşă‚ă€çśĽă–ă‚ă‚; Atarashii hito yo mezameyo) is a 1983 semi-autobiographical novel by Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, about his day-to-day life with his mentally handicapped son, Hikari (represented by an alter ego called "Eeyore") and the effect that William Blake's poetry has had on both his life and work.
Rousettus aegyptiacus Rousettus aegyptiacus, Egyptian Fruit Bat or Egyptian Rousette is a species of Old World fruit bat found throughout Africa, except in the desert regions of the Sahara, and throughout the middle east, as far east as Pakistan and northern India. Due to their extensive geographic range, and relatively large wild population, Rousettus aegyptiacus does not hold any specific conservation status.
Roush Racing Roush Racing is one of NASCAR's premier racing teams. Founded in 1988, the company was originally a small branch of owner Jack Roush's successful automotive engineering and road-racing equipment business based in Livonia, Michigan.
Roush Racing: Driver X Roush Racing: Driver X was a television show on the Discovery Channel that documents the selection of NASCAR drivers for Roush Racing. Every year, Jack Roush, the owner of NASCAR's largest team, auditions drivers from around the world for the right to drive a Roush truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Rousong Rousong (Traditional Chinese: [Simplified Chinese]: [[[Pinyin]: ròu sōng; literally "meat fluff/loose"), also called meat floss, pork floss, or pork sung, is a dried [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese meat item that has a light and fluffy texture similar to coarse cotton. Rousong is used as a topping for many foods such as congee, tofu, and savory soy milk.
Roussanne Roussanne is a relatively rare variety of grape grown originally in the RhĂ´ne River Valley in France, and used in some white wines there and in the Tuscany region of Italy. The grape is also planted in various wine-growing regions of the New World, such as California, Washington, and Australia.
Rousse Rousse (also transliterated as Ruse or Russe; ; formerly also Rustchuk) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria, with a population of 178,000. Rousse is situated in the northern part of the country, on the southern bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 320 km from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Rousse blood wedding The phrase Rousse blood wedding usually refers to a 1910 conflict among ethnic groups and the army in Rousse, Bulgaria, resulting in the deaths of 24 innocent victims; 70 people were injured. The clashes were caused by the wedding of a Bulgarian man and an ethnic Turkish girl, which the local Turks disapproved and state authorities violently opposed.
Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra The Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra () was established in 1948. Some of the best Bulgarian conductors — Konstantin Iliev, Dobrin Petkov, Sasha Popov, Russlan Raychev, Ilia Temkov, Alexander Vladigerov, Tzanko Delibozov and Georgi Dimitrov among others, have worked with this orchestra.
Rousse University The Rousse University "Angel Kanchev" () is a Bulgarian university in the city of Rousse. It was named after Angel Kanchev and was established on 21 July 1995 as a successor of the higher technical school in Rousse, which had been created on 12 November 1945.
Rousseau Institute Rousseau Institute (Also known as Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute or Academy of Geneva - in French Académie De Genève or Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau) is a private school in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1912, Édouard Claparède (1873-1940) created an institute to turn educational theory into a science.
Roussel de Bailleul Roussel de Bailleul (also Roscelin or Roskelin de Baieul), a Norman adventurer (or exile), travelled to Byzantium and there received employ as a soldier and leader of men from the Emperor Romanus IV. He may have been a Frank, but whatever the case he joined the Normans of the Mediterranean around 1060, when he appears beside Roger de Hauteville in Sicily.
Roussel Uclaf Roussel Uclaf is a French company, headquartered in Romainville. They are involved in healthcare, agro-chemical, animal health and related fields, although in 1994, many of their non-core activities were transferred to Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmBH in Germany.
Roussillon Roussillon (French: Roussillon, pronounced ; Catalan: Rosselló, pronounced ) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees). It is also called French Catalonia or Northern Catalonia, the latter term used particularly by Catalan-speaking community.
Roustabout A roustabout is a labourer typically performing temporary, unskilled work. The term has traditionally been used to refer to traveling-circus workers or oil rig workers, but it is commonly used in Australia and New Zealand to refer to workers handling wool after it has been taken from the sheep's back during annual shearing operations.
Roustam Tariko Roustam Tariko (born 1962) is a Russian entrepreneur and business oligarch, the owner and founder of the "Russian Standard" brand, which includes the Russian Standard Bank, consumer credit and insurance firms, plus the popular Russian Standard vodka.
Rout A rout is commonly defined as a chaotic and disorderly retreat or withdrawal of troops from a battlefield, resulting in the victory of the opposing party, or following defeat, a collapse of discipline, or poor morale. A routed army often degenerates into a sense of "every man for himself" as the surviving combatants attempt to flee to safety.
Route 1 (Shuto Expressway) Route 1 is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 1 has two segments: a northern segment (known as the Ueno Route) connecting Chūō-ku to Taito-ku via Ueno; and a southern segment (known as the Haneda Route) connecting Minato-ku to Haneda in Ota-ku.
Route 10 (Japan) is a Japanese highway on the island of Kyūshū. It originates at the intersection with Route 2 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and passes through the prefectural capitals of Ōita and Miyazaki, terminating at the intersection with Route 3 in Kagoshima.
Route 11 (Japan) is a Japanese highway on the island of Shikoku. The most important artery in Shikoku, it originates at the intersection with Routes 55 and Route 28 in the prefectural capital of Tokushima (Tokushima Prefecture) and terminates at the intersection with Route 33, Route 56, and other important national highways in Matsuyama (the capital of Ehime Prefecture).
Route 16 (Japan) is a national highway in Japan. A beltway around Tokyo, it links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama (in Kanagawa Prefecture), Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture), and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture) as well as Hachioji (in Tokyo).
Route 17 (Japan) is a highway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It originates at Nihonbashi in Chūō, Tokyo and terminates in the city of Niigata (the capital of Niigata Prefecture), where it meets Routes Route 7, 8, and 111.
Route 197 (Japan) is a Japanese national highway running on the islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku. It originates at the junction with Routes 10 and 210 in Ōita, Ōita and terminates at the junction with Route 56 in Susaki, Kōchi.
Route 2 (Hong Kong) Route 2 (二號幹綫) of Hong Kong runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year.
Route 2 (Japan) is a major highway on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan. It follows the old Sanyōdo westward from the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region to the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, passing through the Chūgoku region en route.
Route 2 (Shuto Expressway) Route 2 (also known as the Meguro Route) is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 2 runs southwest and south from Ichinohashi Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Minato-ku and currently ends at a local road (Keihin #2) in Shinagawa-ku.
Route 2, Melbourne Route 2, or the Yarra Scenic Drive is one of Melbourne's few metropolitain transport routes which is not designed as a convenient route, but a tourist drive following the Yarra River as closely as possible. The route traverses approximately 60km from Warrandyte - where the Yarra diverts from any thoroughfares - to Williamstown - where the Yarra empties into Port Phillip Bay.
Route 20 (Japan) is a national highway connecting Tokyo and Nagano Prefecture in Japan. Originating at Nihonbashi in Chuo, Tokyo, it passes through Shinjuku and four other wards, and then seven cities, including Hachioji in Tokyo.
Route 3 (Japan) is a major highway on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It connects the prefectural capital cities of Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture), and Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture), passing through Kurume as well.
Route 3 (Shuto Expressway) Route 3 (also known as the Shibuya Route) is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 3 runs southwest from Tanimachi Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Minato-ku and runs for 11.
Route 33 (Japan) , the Tosa kaido, is a Japanese highway on the island of Shikoku. It originates at the intersection with Routes 32 and other arteries in the city of Kochi (the capital of Kochi Prefecture) and terminates in the city of Matsuyama (the capital of Ehime Prefecture), where it meets Route 11 and other national highways.
Route 4 (Shuto Expressway) Route 4 (also known as the Shinjuku Route) is one of the radial routes of the Shuto Expressway system in the Tokyo area. Route 4 runs west from Miyakezaka Junction (with the Inner Circular Route) in Chiyoda-ku and runs for 13.
Route 44 Leg A (Florida) 44 Leg A is a short east/west county route, between Tavares and Leesburg, which serves as an alternate route for north-bound US 441 traffic to reach east-bound Lake CR 44. It is most likely a former alignment of US 441 in the area.
Route 443 (Israel) Route 443 (), also Ma'aleh Beit Choron (ascent of Beth-Horon), is the main highway connecting Modi'in with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and also serves as a secondary connection between the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem. While technically listed as a regional road, it is for the most part a divided, two-lane highway which utilises some grade separation and interchanges, as well as major at-grade intersections, and thus is not classified as a motorway, even though there is a short motorway section on its western end, connecting it to westbound Highway 1.
Route 50 (AC Transit) AC Transit's Route 50 provides transportation between Oakland Coliseum Amtrak/BART Station and Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California. It offers an alternative to the AirBART bus service operated by BART.
Route 57 (magazine) Route 57 is an Online Literary Magazine published annually by the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, and is funded by CILASS (the University's Center for Inquiry-based learning in the Arts and Social Sciences).
Route 8 (Hong Kong) Route 8 (八號幹線) of Hong Kong is a 2.2 km 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.
Route 9 (Hong Kong) Route 9 (九號幹綫), Hong Kong is a strategic trunk road, mostly in the form of expressway, circumscribing the New Territories. Starting from the Shing Mun Tunnels, Route 9 goes in the counter-clockwise direction, linking Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan.
Route aggregation Route aggregration is an effort to route smaller prefixes via an aggregated larger prefix (supernetting). The advantage is obvious: Many /24 networks, for example, could be aggregated to larger networks like /23, /22 or even bigger prefixes.
Route assignment Route assignment, route choice, or traffic assignment concerns the selection of routes (alternative called paths) between origins and destinations in transportation networks. It is the fourth step in the conventional transportation forecasting model, following trip generation, trip distribution, and mode choice.
Route availability Route Availability is a system by which railway lines in the United Kingdom are graded. The system works on the principle of axle loads (and occasionally other factors), and is designed to stop locomotives with too high an axle load travelling over track which may be damaged by them.
Route Army A Route Army, 路軍, was a type of military organization during the Chinese Republic, and usually exercised command over two or more Corps or a large number of Divisions. It was a common formation in China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War but was discarded as a formation type by the National Revolutionary Army after 1938, in favor of the Group Army.
Route Availability Route Availability is a system devised by British Rail to ascertain which locomotives can work on which lines throughout the rail network in the United Kingdom. The system uses numbers from 1 to 10 and a locomotive must have a route availability (RA) lower than or equal to the RA of a line to be allowed to work on the line.
Route de la Baie James The Route de la Baie James (James Bay Road) is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the James Bay region. It starts in Matagami as an extension of Quebec route 109 and ends at Radisson.
Route distinguisher A route distinguisher is an address qualifer used only within a single internet service provider's Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. It is used to distinguish the distinct Virtual Private Network (VPN) routes of separate customers who connect to the provider.
Route filtering Route filtering is the concept, especially used on the global Internet with BGP, of filtering (removing from your table) routes for certain prefixes (destination networks). This is usually done by removing of a route for any prefix more specific than a certain length (anything more specific than a /24, for example).
Route flapping In computer networking and telecommunications, route flapping occurs when a router alternately advertises a destination network first via one route then another (or as unavailable, and then available again in quick sequence).
Route inspection problem In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, the Chinese postman problem or route inspection problem is to find a shortest closed path (circuit) that visits every edge of a (connected) undirected graph. When the graph has an Eulerian circuit, that circuit is an optimal solution.
Route nationale (France) A route nationale, or simply nationale, is a trunk road in France. Trunk roads are in France are significantly important roads which cross broad portions of the French territory, in opposition to secondary or communal roads who only serve local areas.
Route of administration In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is brought into contact with the body.In toxicology, "exposition" may often be a more appropriate term, however "administration" can be used for deliberate substance use.
Route of Ages In the fictional universe of the television show Andromeda, the Route of Ages is a portal in space-time, sought by many of the show's characters throughout season four (see MacGuffin). It is this portal through which Trance Gemini takes the Andromeda Ascendant and her crew.
Route of All Evil Tour The Route of All Evil Tour was a North American concert tour co-headlined by American hard rock bands Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe that will take the bands to 34 amphitheaters and arenas from September to November of 2006. The tour is being put on as a hard rock spectacle that is designed to prep both bands, and tide their fans over, for new releases that the bands will put out, likely in Spring of 2007.
Route poisoning Route poisoning is a way to prevent routing loops. Distance-vector routing protocols in computer networks use route poisoning to indicate to other routers that a route is no longer reachable and should be removed from their routing tables.
Route setter A route setter is a person who designs artificial rock climbing wall routes. Also known as "setters", these professionals combine technical craft with an artistic representation of real rock climbing moves.
Route TranstaĂŻga The Route TranstaĂŻga (Trans-Taiga Road) is an extremely remote wilderness road in northern Quebec, Canada. It is 582 kilometers (362 miles) long to Centrale Brisay and another 84 kilometers (52 miles) along the Caniapiscau Reservoir, all of it unpaved.
Route Twisk Route Twisk () is a dual-lane suburban road in Hong Kong, linking Tsuen Wan and Pat Heung via Shek Kong. It joins Kam Tin Road and Lam Kam Road north in Kam Tin, and ends in the Tsuen Kam Interchange of Cheung Pei Shan Road, Texaco Road North, Wai Tsuen Road and Tai Ho Road North south in Tsuen Wan.
Route views Route Views is a project founded by the University of Oregon to allow Internet users to view global BGP routing information from the perspective of other locations around the internet. Originally created to help Internet Service Providers determine how their network prefixes were viewed by others in order to debug and optimise access to their network, Route Views is now used for a range of other purposes such as academic research.
Route-dependence In theoretical physics, the issue of route-dependence deals with whether a selected differential between two points is taken as absolute, or as being partly a function of the route along which comparative measurements are taken. It usually applies in discussions of gravitational potential or related effects such as gravitational redshift.
Routeburn Track The Routeburn Track is a world-renowned tramping (hiking) track found on the South Island of New Zealand. The track is usually completed by starting on the Queenstown side of the Southern Alps, at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, and finishing on the Te Anau side, at the Divide, several kilometres from the Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound.
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