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rcd

rcd is the abbreviation of record.

Meaning of record

Noun

record (plural records)

  1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
    • The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
  2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
    • We have no record of you making this payment to us.
    Synonyms:
    log
  3. (broadly, informal) A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
  4. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
    • Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
  5. A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
    • This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…]1989, Elliot B. Koffman, Pascal: Problem Solving and Program Design, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 406
  6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
    • The heat and humidity were both new records.

See all 16 meanings of record

Noun capitalized: RCD

RCD (plural RCDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of residual-current device.
    • One issue surrounds residual current devices (RCDs), the safety devices found in fuse boxes that sense when current is leaking to ground – a sign of electrocution or a short circuit – and almost instantaneously cut power. Most RCDs used in the UK aren’t suitable for current flowing in both...2026 April 1, Matthew Sparkes, “Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it? Plug-in solar panels are a cheaper, simpler alternative to professionally installed panels. But can...

Forms of rcd

pluralRCDs

Questions about rcd

What is rcd the abbreviation of?
Rcd is the abbreviation of record.
What part of speech is rcd?
Rcd is a noun.
What is the plural of rcd?
The plural of rcd is RCDs.

Words near rcd in the dictionary

  1. RCC
  2. RCCB
  3. RCCBs
  4. RCCPDS
  5. RCCs
  6. rcd
  7. rcd.
  8. RCDAMP
  9. RCDs
  10. rcds.
  11. RCE

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rcd (page history and authors); RCD (page history and authors); record (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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