R.C.S.
Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
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Royal College of Science
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Royal College of Surgeons
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R.C.S. captured it all, including periodic snapshots of Scarafile, as Page, at work.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
Some of the R.C.S. training, I was told, took place in a green building on a residential street.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
According to internal documents, its espionage tool, which is called the Remote Control System, or R.C.S., can be licensed for as little as $200,000 a year — well within the budget of a provincial strongman.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
Whereas the N.S.A.’s best-known programs grab data in transit from switching rooms and undersea cables, the R.C.S. acquires it at the source, right off a target’s device, before it can be encrypted.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
Refitting in three weeks' time, the United States revenue-cutter Bear, manned by volunteers under Captain Francis Tuttle, R.C.S., sailed from Seattle on November 27, 1897, and wintered at Unalaska.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
The IBM and University of Chicago team approached this verification problem by developing a more structured alternative to RCS.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In simplified terms, RCS challenges a quantum computer to generate patterns that become so complicated that a classical computer cannot efficiently reproduce them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The researchers showed that their method preserves the same computational hardness criteria associated with RCS, meaning the problem remains extremely difficult for classical computers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
He also created Write Start: The Sam Heughan Creative Commission, an annual award at RCS to encourage students to devise new work.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
He spent his third and final RCS year on stage as Cammy in the National Theatre production of Scotland's Black Watch.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
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