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RAD

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Noun

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RAD (countable and uncountable, plural RADs)

  1. (business, countable) Initialism of role activity diagram.
  2. (computing, uncountable) Initialism of rapid application development.
  3. (medicine) Initialism of reactive attachment disorder.

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RAD

  1. (NASA, space science) Initialism of Radiation Assessment Detector, a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.
  2. Acronym of River Arts District, a neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina, United States.
    • 2025 June 26, Marnie Hunter, “‘These mountains are still here.’ Asheville is ready for your visit”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 3 July 2025:
      The recovery is still a work in progress, given the deadly storm’s massive impact on people across Western North Carolina and its devastation of two popular Asheville neighborhoods — the RAD (“rad”), as locals call it, and nearby Biltmore Village.

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