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Root-MUSIC
Root-MUSIC is a polynomial-rooting variant of the MUSIC algorithm that estimates signal directions of arrival on a uniform linear array, developed by A. Barabell in 1983.
Root-seeking literature
Root-seeking literature (寻根文学) was a Chinese literary movement of the mid-1980s that urged writers to draw on indigenous cultural traditions and folk life instead of political themes.
Root–Takahira Agreement
The Root–Takahira Agreement (高平・ルート協定) was a 1908 exchange of notes between Elihu Root and Ambassador Kogoro Takahira affirming the Pacific status quo and the Open Door principle in China.
Rootcloud
Rootcloud (树根互联股份有限公司, now 树根科技) is a Chinese industrial internet platform company based in Guangzhou, founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Sany Heavy Industry Group.
Rooting (Android)
Rooting, also called Android rooting or phone rooting, is the process of gaining privileged root access over an Android device, usually to remove preinstalled software or install a custom OS.
Rootkit
A rootkit is malware that conceals malicious processes, files, and network connections while maintaining privileged access to a computer; the name comes from Unix's root account.
RootMetrics
RootMetrics is a Seattle mobile network analytics company founded in 2008 that tests carriers and publishes RootScore Awards, and has been owned by Ookla since 2021.
Roots (1977 miniseries)
Roots (1977 miniseries): ABC's eight-night, 12-hour dramatization of Alex Haley's book about Kunta Kinte and his enslaved descendants; record-breaking 1977 ratings, nine Emmys, major cultural impact.
Roots (2016 miniseries)
Roots (2016) is a four-night, eight-hour History Channel miniseries remaking the 1977 ABC classic from Alex Haley's novel, starring Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, and Laurence Fishburne, directed by four directors including Phillip Noyce.
Roots (Sepultura album)
Roots (1996, Roadrunner) is Sepultura's sixth studio album, its last with Max Cavalera, blending downtuned groove metal, Brazilian percussion, and Xavante field recordings; it hit Billboard 200 #27, sold over 2 million copies, and prefigured nu metal.
Roots Canada
Roots Canada is a Canadian lifestyle brand and retailer of apparel, leather goods, and footwear, founded in Toronto in 1973 by Michael Budman and Don Green.
ROOTS corpus
The ROOTS corpus is a 1.6TB multilingual dataset built by the BigScience workshop as the pretraining corpus for the BLOOM language model, combining 498 datasets across 59 languages.
Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva, real name Rodney Hylton Smith (born 1972), is an English rapper and producer from Stockwell, South London, a pioneer of British hip hop on Big Dada, known for Brand New Second Hand, Run Come Save Me, and the classic single Witness (1 Hope).
Roots rock
Roots rock: American rock style blending country, blues, R&B, rock and roll, and folk; arose late 1960s (CCR, Dylan, The Band), revived mid-1980s, overlaps alt-country and Americana.
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations (Roots II) is a 1979 ABC seven-part miniseries continuing Alex Haley's family saga from 1882 to the 1960s, starring James Earl Jones as Haley and Marlon Brando as George Lincoln Rockwell, based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 Alex Haley novel tracing seven generations beginning with Kunta Kinte, abducted from Gambia into slavery.
RootZone
RootZone is an experimental territorial placement board game by Dale W. Walton on the Ludii system, of the Mycilleum group-growth family, played on a hexagonal triangular grid with edges of 2N and 2N+2, aiming for the largest group without touching enemy pieces.
Roozbeh Bemani
Roozbeh Bemani (روزبه بمانی) is an Iranian poet, lyricist, songwriter, and singer born in Tehran in 1978, first known for writing songs for Dariush, Googoosh, and Mohsen Chavoshi.
Ropa vieja
Ropa vieja, "old clothes" in Spanish, is Cuba's national dish of shredded beef braised in tomato sofrito with peppers, onions, olives, and capers, tracing to Canary Island and Sephardic Spanish cooking.
Ropanicant
Ropanicant (SUVN-911), an oral alpha4 beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist from Suven Life Sciences, is an investigational antidepressant for major depressive disorder with positive Phase 2b topline results in June 2026 and a Phase 3 study planned for 2027.
Ropar
Ropar, also called Rupnagar, is a Harappan archaeological site on the left bank of the Sutlej at Rupnagar, Punjab, India, first excavated in 1953 under Y. D. Sharma.
Ropar power station
Ropar power station, formally the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant, is a coal-fired plant in Punjab, India, run by PSPCL with four 210 MW units.
Rope
Rope, also called fibre rope, is a thick, pliable cord formed when strands of fibers, yarns, or wires are twisted or braided together so it can bear weight.
Rope (film)
Rope (1948), Alfred Hitchcock's first Technicolor film and first Transatlantic Pictures release, adapts Patrick Hamilton's Leopold-and-Loeb-inspired play, shot in ten-minute takes disguised as one continuous 80-minute shot, starring James Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger.
Rope bondage
Rope bondage, also called shibari (縛り) or kinbaku (緊縛), is the consensual practice of tying people with rope, associated with BDSM but also with performance art; its claimed hojōjutsu origin is contested, and safety centers on nerve and circulation risks.
Rope Park
Мотузкове містечко (rope park, treetop adventure park): suspended rope routes, bridges, and zip lines between trees or artificial supports, crossed in a harness. Widespread in Ukraine, e.g. S-Park Kharkiv and the Активна Країна network.
Rope-a-dope
Rope-a-dope is a boxing tactic where a fighter shields himself against the ropes, letting the opponent tire before countering, coined by Muhammad Ali for his 1974 win over George Foreman.
Ropeginterferon alfa-2b
Ropeginterferon alfa-2b, sold as Besremi, is a long-acting monopegylated interferon used to treat polycythemia vera, authorized in Europe in 2019 and approved by the FDA in 2021.
Roper Barrett
Roper Barrett (Herbert Roper Barrett, 1873–1943), British tennis player and solicitor; 1908 Olympic indoor doubles gold with Arthur Gore, 1912 mixed doubles silver, three Wimbledon doubles titles, and Davis Cup captain.
Roper Corporation (appliance manufacturer)
Roper Corporation is a GE Appliances cooking-products plant in LaFayette, Georgia, with over 2,000 employees; GE acquired the original Roper range maker in 1988 after a bidding war with Whirlpool.