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rabbit job	rain dance
rainbow series	random
Random Number God	random numbers
randomness	rape
rare mode	raster blaster
raster burn	rasterbation
rat belt	rat dance
rathole	ratio site
rave	rave on!
ravs	raw mode
RBL	rc file
RE	read-only user
README file	real
real estate	real hack
real operating system	Real Programmer
Real Soon Now	real time
real user	Real World
reality check	reality-distortion field
reaper	recompile the world
rectangle slinger	recursion
recursive acronym	red wire
regexp	register dancing
rehi	reincarnation, cycle of
reinvent the wheel	relay rape
religion of CHI	religious issues
replicator	reply
restriction	retcon
RETI	retrocomputing
return from the dead	RFC
RFE	Right Thing
rip	ripoff
RL	roach
robocanceller	robot
robust	rococo
rogue	room-temperature IQ
root	root mode
rootkit	rot13
rotary debugger	RSN
RTBM	RTFAQ
RTFB	RTFM
RTFS	RTI
RTM	RTS
rubber-hose cryptanalysis	rude
runes	runic
rusty iron	rusty wire