Encyclopedia

Requiem (typeface) Requiem is an old style serif typeface designed by Jonathan Hoefler in 1992 for licensing by his own foundry Hoefler & Frere-Jones. The typeface takes inspiration from a set of inscriptional capitals found in Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi's 1523 writing manual, Il Modo de Temperare le Penne.
Requiem (Verdi) The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral Mass (called the Requiem for the first word of the text, which begins Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, meaning, "Grant them eternal rest, O Lord" — see the entry at "Dies Irae") that was completed to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist much admired by Verdi. The piece is also sometimes referred to as the Manzoni Requiem.
Requiem for a Heavyweight Requiem for a Heavyweight was originally a 1956 teleplay written by Rod Serling and produced for the live television show Playhouse 90 in 1957, then was filmed as a movie with a different cast five years later.
Requiem for a Lightweight "Requiem for a Lightweight" is an episode from the television series M*A*S*H. It was the third episode broadcast and aired on October 1, 1972 and was repeated on December 31, 1972, the first episode of M*A*S*H to do so.
Requiem Hurts Requiem Hurts is a 3D action-adventure game / rail shooter developed by Illusion Soft for the PC. As with Illusion's other games, it contains explicit sexual content - in this game as still images, brief pre-rendered cut scenes and limited 3D interactive sequences as part of the plot progression between the levels.
Requiem of Reconciliation The Requiem of Reconciliation was a collaborative work written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. It sets the Roman Catholic mass for the dead in fourteen sections, each written by a different composer from a country involved in the war.
Requiem of Snow Requiem of Snow is a 2005 film written and directed by the Kurdish-Iranian director Jamil Rostami. It is a joint production of Iran and Iraq and also the first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.
Requinto When applied to musical instruments, the term Requinto is used in both Spanish and Portuguese to mean a smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument. Therefore not every instrument with the name requinto is a guitar, this article however deals with specifically the Requinto Guitar.
Required Navigation Performance Required Navigation Performance (RNP) is defined by ICAO as "a statement of the navigation performance necessary for operation within a defined airspace". Part of a broader concept called "Performance-based Navigation," RNP is a method of implementing routes and flight paths that differs from traditional methods in that an RNP path has an associated performance specification that an aircraft must meet before the path can be flown.
Requirement (Conquistadors) The Requirement was a document that Spanish conquistadores upon arriving in the New World read to native populations before attacking them. The text gave a brief overview of the history of the world, focusing on the rise of Christianity, and demanded that the natives accept the King of Spain as their supreme ruler on behalf of the Pope and allow for missionaries to preach the Gospel among them.
Requirements analysis In systems engineering and software engineering, requirements analysis encompasses all of the tasks that go into the investigation, scoping and definition of a new or altered system. Requirements analysis is an important part of the system design process, whereby requirements engineers and business analysts, along with systems engineers or software developers, identify the needs or requirements of a client.
Requirements contract Requirements contracts are contracts in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party. For example, a grocery store might enter into a contract with the farmer who grows oranges under which the farmer would supply the grocery store with as many oranges as the store could sell.
Requirements for entry into the Commonwealth of Nations The requirements for entry into the Commonwealth of Nations have been altered by a series of documents issued over the past seventy-five years. The most important of these documents were the Statute of Westminster (1931), the London Declaration (1949), the Singapore Declaration (1971), the Harare Declaration (1991), the Millbrook Commonwealth Action Programme on the Harare Declaration (1995), and the Edinburgh Declaration (1997).
Requirements management Requirements management is the science and art of gathering and managing user, business, technical, functional requirements, and process requirements within a product development project. The project could be for a new consumer product, a web site, a system or a software application.
Rer Bare The Rer Bare (or Rerebere, Adona) are a tribe in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region on the Shabele River, near Somalia, who currently speak Somali. According to the Ethnologue, "it is uncertain if they spoke a different language earlier"; if so, it is extinct.
Reredorter The reredorter was an important room or building in a mediaeval monastery in Western Europe. Most frequently attached to the south end or the east side of the monks' dormitory on the east of the main cloister, the reredorter was a communal latrine for the monks.
Reric Reric (also Rerik) was an early medieval Obodrite trading settlement, probably on the coast of the Baltic Sea. At the turn of the 9th century, the citizens of Rerik allied with Charlemagne who used the port as part of a strategic trade route that would avoid areas of Saxon and Danish control.
Res Extensa René Descartes used the term res extensa and its opposite res cogitans in his philosophical system called the Cartesian system. Res extensa was used to denote the physical world and res cogitans was used to denote the thinking being, the being that perceives its own beingness.
Res gestae Res gestae (a Latin phrase meaning "things done") is an exception to the rule against Hearsay evidence. Res gestae is based on the belief that because certain statements are made naturally, spontaneously and without deliberation during the course of an event, they leave little room for misunderstanding/misinterpretation upon hearing by someone else( i.
Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur is a legal term from the Latin meaning literally, "The thing itself speaks" but is more often translated "The thing speaks for itself". The doctrine is applied to tort claims which, as a matter of law, do not have to be explained beyond the obvious facts.
Res judicata Res judicata (Latin for "a matter [already] judged") is, in both civil law and common law legal systems, a case in which there has been a final judgment and is no longer subject to appeal. The term is also used to refer to the doctrine meant to bar relitigation of such cases between the same parties, which is different between the two legal systems.
Res nullius Res nullius is a Latin term derived from Roman law whereby res (objects in the legal sense, anything that can be owned, even slaves, but not subjects in law such as citizens) are not yet the object of rights of any specific subject. Such items are considered ownerless property and are usually free to be owned.
Res publica christiana 'Res publica christiana' is a Latin phrase combining the idea of res publica + christiana to describe the worldwide community of Christianity and its well-being. A single English word with somewhat comparable meaning is "Christendom".
Res Publica Party Res Publica Party (Estonian: Erakond Res Publica) was a political party in Estonia that self-identified as conservative and therefore member of IDU, but considering its vague platform for 2003 election, the genuineness of this ideology is disputed. Established as a party on 8 December 2001, the political organisation Res Publica was founded already as early as 1989 and existed as a community of young conservatives, mostly associated with the Pro Patria Union party during the 1990s.
Resale price maintenance Resale price maintenance is the practice whereby a manufacturer and its distributors agree that the latter will sell the former's product at certain prices (resale price maintenance), at or above a price floor (minimum resale price maintenance) or at or below a price ceiling (maximum resale price maintenance). These rules prevent resellers from competing too fiercely on price and thus driving down profits.
Resampling Resampling is the digital process of changing the sample rate or dimensions of digital imagery or audio by temporally or areally analysing and sampling the original data. For the statistical use, please see Resampling (statistics).
Resan Resan (The Journey) is a 14 ½ hour film by Peter Watkins, made between the years 1983 and 1985 on several continents, and structured around the theme of nuclear weapons. It was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1987, but has rarely been seen since.
Resava River The Resava (Serbian Cyrillic: Ресава) is a river in central Serbia, a 65 km-long right tributary to the Velika Morava. It also gives the name to the surrounding Resava region, the Resava monastery, the coal mines in its valley (REMBAS) and a popular tourist destination of Resava Cave.
Rescission In contract law, rescission (to rescind or set aside a contract) refers to the cancellation of the contract between the parties. This is done to bring the parties as far as possible to the position they were before they entered into a contract (the "status quo ante").
Rescorla-Wagner model The Rescorla-Wagner model is a model of classical conditioning in which the animal is theorized to learn from the discrepancy between what it predicted would happen and what actually happened. This is a trial-level model in which each stimulus is either present or not present at some point in the trial.
Rescript A rescript is a document that is issued not on the initiative of the author, but in response (it literally means 'written back') to a specific demand made by its addressee. It does not apply to more general legislation etcetera.
Rescue (band) Rescue is an indie band from Detroit, Michigan who formed in 2000 and are on the Slowdance Records label. They have three albums: "Even People and Not the Odds," "Volume Plus Volume," and "Paranoid," as well as one EP, called "Flamingo Minutes".
Rescue (group) Rescue is an a cappella quintet of musical performers operating out of Gresham, OR. The group started as a quartet in 1996 consisting of Jason Overstreet, Jason McKenney, Chad Krober, and Matt Lusk and released their first album in 1999.
Rescue 911 Rescue 911 was an informational reality-based television series which profiled the true stories of people in peril, and the 911 dispatchers and emergency personnel who saved them from death. The show ran on CBS from 1989 to 1996 and was narrated and hosted by William Shatner.
Rescue archaeology Rescue archaeology, sometimes called "preventive" or "salvage" archeology, is archaeological survey and excavation carried out in areas threatened by, or revealed by, construction or other development, such as the building of a dam to flood an area where sites of interest might exist; or even before the onset of war. Unlike traditional survey and excavation, rescue archeology must be undertaken at speed.
Rescue breathing Rescue Breathing is a specific first aid protocol which refers to the delivery of air from a person (the rescuer) into a patient. In some countries it is called Expired Air Resuscitation (EAR) or Expired Air Ventilation (EAV).
Rescue doctrine The rescue doctrine of the law of torts holds that if a tortfeasor creates a circumstance that places the tort victim in danger, the tortfeasor is liable not only for the harm caused to the victim, but also the harm caused to any person injured in an effort to rescue that victim. This doctrine was originally created in case law by Wagner v.
Rescue Engineering Rescue Engineering (RE) is an interdisciplinary Bachelor's- and Master's degree at the Fachhochschule Cologne since 2002 and at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor only) since 2006, this academic degree prepares for working at fire brigades, emergency medical servicees or other aid organisations.
Rescue group A rescue group or rescue organization takes unwanted or abused pets and attempts to find new, caring homes for them. Most rescue groups are created by and run by volunteers, who take the animals into their homes and care for them—including training, loving, playing, handling medical issues, and solving behavior problems—until a suitable permanent home can be found.
Rescue Heroes Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher Price designed for young children, depicting various rescue personnel and their equipment. A 1999 animated television series has also been developed with the line of toys, spanning one season on CBS (1999-2000) as Rescue Heroes and two on Kids' WB!
Rescue Heroes: The Movie Rescue Heroes: The Movie is a 2003 computer-animated film from Artisan Entertainment, based on the Rescue Heroes toys and TV show. As of 2006, this is Canadian company Nelvana's last motion picture to be released theatrically in North America.
Rescue Me (TV series) Rescue Me is a critically praised American television drama and dark comedy that premiered on the FX Network in 2004. It is produced by the Cloudland Company, Apostle, DreamWorks Television and Sony Pictures Television.
Rescue of the Danish Jews The rescue of the Danish Jews occurred during Denmark's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. When German authorities in Denmark ordered that Danish Jews be arrested and deported to Germany in October 1943, many Danes and Swedes took part in a collective effort to evacuate the roughly 8,000 Jews of Denmark by sea to nearby Sweden.
Rescue Rover Rescue Rover is a computer puzzle game from id Software, published by Softdisk in 1991. The game was distributed as shareware, with the first 10 levels making up the shareware version, and another 20 levels being present in the registered version.
Rescue squad A rescue squad is an organization that provides emergency medical care to both trauma and medical patients at either the Basic Life Support or Advanced Life Support levels. The staff of such agencies can possess any number of certifications including first responder, Emergency Medical Technician, and Paramedic.
Rescue swimmer Though the moniker rescue swimmer may be applied to any number of water rescue professionals, the term is most often applied to personnel in the Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps. All three services have personnel that are designated as rescue swimmers.
Rescue swimming Rescue Swimming refers to skills that enable an individual to attempt a rescue when a swimmer is in difficulty. These include a combination of communication skills, specific "rescue" swimming strokes, and release and evade techniques for self-preservation should the rescue go wrong.
Research and development The phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D) has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of scientific research and technological development. For 2006, the world's three largest spenders of R&D are the United States (US$330 billion), China (US$136 billion) and Japan (US$130 billion).
Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe RACE or Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe, a program launched in 1988 by the Commission of the European Communities to pave the way for Integrated Broadband Communications in Europe. The intent was to promote high speed bandwidth and other services.
Research and innovations in Ayurveda Research and innovations in Ayurveda are under taken by the Central Government statutory body Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha [CCRAS], which have national network of research institutes. Besides this, large number of non-government organisations are conducting research work on different aspects of Ayurveda.
Research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a junior graduate scholar, employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of academic research. A research assistant usually works on a project supervised by one or more full-time academics who are responsible for administering the funds from which he or she is paid.
Research Assessment Exercise The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is an exercise undertaken every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW, DELNI) to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions. RAE submissions from each subject area, (or unit of assessment) are given a rank by a subject specialist peer review panel.
Research Associate The title of a Research Associate is used to denote an academic research position, usually at a post-doctoral level. While some organizations use the title Research Associate for researchers who do not necessarily hold a doctoral degree, most research associates hold a doctoral degree, particularly in Universities.
Research Centre Free Europe Research Centre Free Europe (Uurimiskeskus Vaba Euroopa in Estonian) is a Eurosceptic think-tank and research centre based in Tallinn, Estonia. It publishes a regular journal, These Tides, and is generally supportive of the British Conservative Party.
Research Corporation Research Corporation is an organization in the United States devoted to the advancement of science, funding research projects in the physical sciences. It was founded in 1912 by Frederick Gardner Cottrell, with initial funding derived from the profits of an invention by Cottrell.
Research Council The UK Research Councils are government agencies responsible for particular areas of research, including arts and humanties, social science, life and biomedical science, environmental science, physical sciences and engineering. They have five main functions, which are to:
Research Councils UK (RCUK) Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership between the eight UK Research Councils. It enables the Councils to work together more effectively to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of their research, training and innovation activities, contributing to the delivery of the Government's objectives for science and innovation.
Research Defence Society The Research Defence Society is a British lobby group reportedly funded by the pharmaceutical industry and universities. Its main focus is to disseminate information about, and to defend the use of, animal testing] in medicine.
Research ethics Research ethics involves the application of fundamental ethical principles to a variety of topics involving scientific research. These include the design and implementation of research involving human participants (human experimentation); animal experimentation; various aspects of academic scandal, including scientific misconduct, such as fraud, fabrication (science) of data and plagiarism; whistleblowing; regulation of research (such as regulation of research on stem cells), and more.
Research exemption In patent law, the research exemption or safe harbour exemption is an exemption to the rights conferred by patents, which is especially relevant to drugs. According to this exemption, despite the patent rights, performing research and tests for preparing regulatory approval, for instance by the FDA in the United States, does not constitute infringement for a limited term before the end of patent term.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Research Experiences for Undergraduates (or REUs) are competitive summer research programs in the United States for undergraduates sponsored by the National Science Foundation. They are hosted in various universities and are among the most prestigious summer programs that an undergraduate can participate in.
Research funding Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology, and social science. The term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and only the most promising receive funding.
Research gimp Research gimp is an informal term, sometimes used ruefully and sometimes insultingly, for a member of research personnel at an academic institution, such as a research assistant or research student. The term reflects the unequal relationship between contracted researchers and tenured or more senior staff, since a gimp is a person of little or no status.
Research institute A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Though the term often implies scientific research, there are also many research institutes in the social sciences as well, especially for sociological and historical research.
Research I university Research I university was a category formerly used by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to indicate those universities in the United States which received the highest amounts of Federal science research funding. The category is, since 2000, obsolete, but the term is often still used in reference to institutions formerly so classed, in particular by the institutions themselves in their promotional materials.
Research Institute for Development, Communication and School Partnership The Research Institute for Development, Communication and School Partnership (RIDCSP), is a non-governmental, non-profit, and non-political organisation that was founded in Cameroon in 1999. This organisation obtained authorised status on the 14th of November 2001 following the government recognition of its activities.
Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete ("Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences") was founded in 1949. Its primary tasks include research in Hungarian linguistics, general, theoretical and applied linguistics, Uralic linguistics, and phonetics, as well as the preparation of a comprehensive dictionary of the Hungarian language, and the maintenance of its archive materials.
Research Institute for the Languages of Finland The Research Institute for the Languages of Finland (Finnish: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, Swedish: Forskningscentralen för de inhemska språken, Northern Sami: Ruovttueatnan gielaid dutkanguovddáš) is a governmental linguistic research institute of Finland geared at studies of Finnish, Swedish, the Sami languages, Romany language, and the Finnish Sign Language.
Research Institute of Crop Production The Research Institute of Crop Production (RICP) was established in 1951. During its more than 50 years of existence, the RICP has been the leading crop-production research institution within the Czech Republic.
Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA or Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos, in English The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, is a major Finnish think tank for economic, policy and social studies. ETLA's offices are located in Helsinki, Finland.
Research International Research International is a market research company, founded in 1962 and part of the Kantar Group, the parent company for WPP’s worldwide information and consultancy interests. Research International has offices in 50 countries and employs approximately 2,500 people across the world.
Research on NLP This article summarizes the current state and findings of research into neuro-linguistic programming, a field stated by its founders to provide a way to examine and decompose human subjective experience and communication into component parts, generate models from these, and work with them.
Research Papers in Economics Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 54 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The "heart" of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components.
Research Policy Institute The Research Policy Institute (in swedish forskningspolitiska institutet) at Lund University, Lund, Sweden, is an academic research institute devoted to studies of science, technology and society. Founded in 1966 by Stevan Dedijer, the institute is nowadays a part of Lund School of Economics and Management.
Research reactor Research reactors are nuclear reactors that serve primarily as a neutron source. They are also called non-power reactors, in contrast to power reactors that are used for electricity production, heat generation, or submarine propulsion.
Research report Research reports are business reports produced by business research firms (and commercial and investment banks) by their financial analysts. The reports are designed to dig out the important pieces of companies operational and financial reporting to paint a picture of the future of companies to assist debt and equity investing.
Research results in parapsychology Research results in parapsychology are uneven. "Macro" or large scale phenomena, such as spoon bending and events of the type reported from the era of the spiritualist mediums, have – from the point of view of most parapsychologists – not been well-established.
Research Range The Research Range (Russian: Исследовательском хребте) is a mountain range at the northern end of the Ural Mountains. It extends north of the Arctic Circle, and forms the border between the Komi Republic and the Tyumen Oblast.
Research station A research station is a station built for the purpose of conducting research on a given site, or aspects of the site. These sites might include outer space (such as the International Space Station) and oceans.
Research subject In biostatistics or psychological statistics, a research subject is any organism (animal or plant) that is observed for purposes of research. In survey research and opinion polling, the subject is often called a respondent.
Research Science Institute The Research Science Institute (RSI) is a highly competitive summer research program for rising high school seniors around the world, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and hosted by MIT. Founded by Admiral H.
Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering The Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE) was established with the creation of the Australian National University (ANU) in 1947. Located at the ANU's main campus in Canberra, the school is one of the four founding research schools in the ANU's Institute of Advanced Studies.
Research Systems Unix Group The Research Systems Unix Group (RSUG) is a workgroup within the University of Michigan Computing Environment - Operations (UMCE Ops) of the Information Technology Central Services at the University of Michigan.
Research Triangle Institute The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is a non-profit research organization based in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) of North Carolina. RTI is the oldest tenant of this major research park, and the sister organization to the Research Triangle Foundation.
Research Unix Research Unix is a term used to refer to versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in the Bell Labs Computing Science Research Center (frequently referred to as Department 1127).
Research Valley The Research Valley sits in the metropolitan center of Texas with over 16 million people within a three hour drive. It consist of a seven county area (Brazos, Grimes, Washington, Burleson, Robertson, Madison, and Leon county) and is centered around College Station, Texas, home to Texas A&M University.
Reseau plate The Hasselblad Lunar Surface Data Camera was fitted with a Reseau plate, which provides a means of correcting images for the effects of film distortion. The Reseau plate was made of glass and was fitted to the back of the camera body, extremely close to the film plane.
Resele Court District Resele Court District, or Resele tingslag, was a district of Ă…ngermanland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Resell rights Many ebooks and pieces of software, especially in the field of online or internet marketing, are sold with resell rights included. It is therefore necessary to distinguish between normal resell rights and master resell rights.
Reseller web hosting Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the account owner may split up their allotted hard drive space and bandwidth and resell web hosting. Typically, resellers are web consultants including web designers, web developers, or system integration company who resell the web hosting as an add-on service to complement their other range of services.
Resentment Resentment is an emotion of anger felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done. Etymologically from "ressentir", French re-, intensive prefix, and sentir "to feel"; from the latin "sentire".
Reserva Reserva and Gran Reserva (literally, "reserve" and "great reserve") are terms used in wine-making in Spain and Portugal to attempt to indicate reserve wines, that is, wines made in a superior manner. However, in practice it is very difficult to regulate quality, so the term primarily deals with aging and alcoholic strength.
Reserva Provincial Castillos de Pincheira The Reserva Provincial Castillos de Pincheira (Spanish: Pincheira's Castles Provincial Reserve) is a natural area protected in Argentina. It's located about 27 km to the west of the MalargĂĽe city in the southern part of the Mendoza Province.
Reserva Provincial La Payunia The Reserva Provincial La Payunia (Spanish: La Payunia Provincial Reserve) also known as Payún or Payén is a natural reserve located in the Malargüe Department to the south of the Mendoza Province about 160 km away from Malargüe city. It was declared as nature preserve in 1988 and has an area of 4,500 km².
Reservation in India Reservation in Indian law is a term used to describe the governmental policy whereby a percentage of seats are reserved in the Parliament of India, State Legislative Assemblies, Central and State Civil Services, Public Sector Units, Central and State Governmental Departments and in all Public and Private Educational Institutions, except in the Minority and Religious Educational Institutions, for the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or/and for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes who are perceived by the Government to be inadequately represented in these services and institutions.
Reservation wage Reservation Wage is a concept in Labor economics which suggests that each worker has a specific wage rate whereby they are induced to perform paid market work. Wages offered below a worker's reservation wage would keep said worker from participating in the labor force.
Reserve (accounting) In accounting, the word reserve is most commonly used to describe any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital. Sometimes, the term is used instead of term provision, however such a use is not consistent with the terminology suggested by International Accounting Standards Board.
Reserve Army (United Kingdom) The Reserve Army was a field army of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Hubert Gough, the Reserve Army was formed on 23 May, 1916 prior to the Battle of the Somme and was renamed the Fifth Army in October of that year.
Reserve Bank of Australia The Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on the 14 January 1960 to operate as Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority. The bank offers banking services to the Federal Government, and to licensed banks that participate in the payments system.
Reserve Bank of Fiji The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji. The responsibilities of the FRB include issue of currency, control of money supply, currency exchange, monetary stability, promotion of sound finances, and fostering economic development.

Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.