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RTS

 

(Request To Send) An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Contrast with CTS.

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Hacker Slang: RTS
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Abbreviation for ‘Read The Screen’. Mainly used by hackers in the microcomputer world. Refers to what one would like to tell the suit one is forced to explain an extremely simple application to. Particularly appropriate when the suit failed to notice the ‘Press any key to continue’ prompt, and wishes to know ‘why won't it do anything’. Also seen as ‘RTFS’ in especially deserving cases.


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RTS is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:

In economics:

In transportation:

In radio and television:

In technology:

  • Ready-To-Serve, provide services to end users.
  • Return statement or ReTurn from Subroutine, a statement in many assembly languages and other low-level computer languages
  • Request to send is the optional mechanism used by the 802.11 wireless networking protocol to reduce frame collisions introduced by the hidden terminal problem
  • Run-time system, a part of some computer's runtime environment
  • Radio teleswitch service, which regulates energy rates via broadcast radio in the UK
  • SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX or Real-time signal, signals sent to computer programs for user-defined purposes
  • A "Request to Send" frame in the IEEE 802.11 RTS/CTS mechanism
  • A "Request to Send" signal in RS-232 communications

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