REM
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom the initial letters of rapid eye movement.
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editNoun
editREM (countable and uncountable, plural REMs)
- Initialism of rapid eye movement.
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editEtymology 2
editClippings
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editNoun
editREM (uncountable)
Noun
editREM (plural REMs)
- (computing) A remark (programming language statement used for documentation).
- 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc[1] (Usenet):
- I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.
Etymology 3
editAbbreviation
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editNoun
editREM (plural REMs)
- (chemistry) Initialism of rare earth metal.
- Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane.
- (underwater diving) Initialism of Reference Exit Marker.