REM

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  REM
       n 1: a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a
            state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep [syn: {paradoxical
            sleep}, {rapid eye movement sleep}, {REM sleep}, {rapid
            eye movement}]
       2: (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation


          that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue
          as 1 roentgen of X-rays

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  REM
       Ring Error Monitor
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  REM
       Remote Equipment Module
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  REM
       
           (From "remark") The {keyword} used in {BASIC} to
          introduce a {comment} (which continues to the end of the
          line).  {MS-DOS} probably borrowed it from {BASIC}.  Might be
          used in the form "REM out" meaning to {comment out}.
       
          (1998-04-27)