Word list — R
read-only
Section titled “read-only”Verdict: style
Always hyphenate.
read/write
Section titled “read/write”Verdict: style · Form: adjective
Hyphenate read-write as a modifier before a noun. Otherwise, spell it out as read and write so the slash never stands in for a word.
- Replacements: read-write, read and write
redline
Section titled “redline”Verdict: avoid
Editing jargon from print production. Use mark up or revise for the intended action.
Verdict: avoid
Use regular expression instead.
- Replacements: regular expression
Verdict: avoid
Use repository instead.
- Replacements: repository
Representational State Transfer
Section titled “Representational State Transfer”Verdict: avoid
Use REST instead of RESTful or Representational State Transfer.
- Alternatives: RESTful
- Replacements: REST
retarded
Section titled “retarded”Verdict: avoid
Use a plain alternative, such as broken or slow, instead.
review
Section titled “review”Verdict: acceptable
Use review for the act of deliberately evaluating a resource.
Verdict: acceptable
Use the abbreviation RFC. It is standard and widely recognized.
rightmost
Section titled “rightmost”Verdict: style
Use rightmost.
rights
Section titled “rights”Verdict: restricted
Use rights for a broad or legal entitlement to do something, such as usage rights or a person’s rights under a regulation. For technical access control, name the specific permissions or access instead, because rights alone is too vague to tell the reader what is actually allowed.
roll out
Section titled “roll out”Verdict: restricted
Only use for the process of deploying a release. Use roll out for the verb and rollout for the noun.
Verdict: avoid
Hostile and inappropriate. Instead, point readers to the documentation directly.
runbook
Section titled “runbook”Verdict: style
Use runbook.
runtime
Section titled “runtime”Verdict: style
Use runtime to refer to an environment that runs software and services. Use run time to refer to a period of time during program execution.
- Alternatives: run time