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TRU

TRU, also credited as The Real Untouchables, was a New Orleans gangsta rap group formed by Master P with his brothers Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder, active until 2005.

Tru Arrow Technology Partners Civ

Tru Arrow Technology Partners, known publicly as Tru Arrow Partners, is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on technology companies, co-founded by Adam Silverschotz and Glenn Fuhrman in 2021.

Tru Calling

Tru Calling (2003-2005) is a Fox supernatural drama created by Jon Harmon Feldman, starring Eliza Dushku as morgue worker Tru Davies, who relives days to prevent deaths; canceled after 26 episodes across 2 seasons.

Tru Skool

Tru Skool is the stage name of Sukhjit Singh Olk, a Panjabi folk and hip-hop producer from Derby, England, prominent in UK bhangra since 2004.

Tru-cut biopsy

Tru-cut biopsy is a core needle biopsy technique in which a side-notch cutting needle, advanced manually or spring-loaded, removes a half-cylindrical tissue core for diagnosis.

Tru-D SmartUVC

Tru-D SmartUVC, short for Thorough Room Ultraviolet Disinfection, is a portable whole-room ultraviolet-C disinfection system for hospitals, launched in 2007 by Lumalier of Memphis, Tennessee, and part of PDI since 2019.

Tru64 UNIX

Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the DEC Alpha platform, developed by Digital Equipment Corporation and formerly called DEC OSF/1 and Digital UNIX.

Truancy

Truancy: unexcused, unauthorized school absence by compulsory-age students, defined by state or national law. Distinct from chronic absenteeism (10%+ missed days); historically tied to compulsory schooling enforcement; interventions show small positive effects.

TruArc Partners

TruArc Partners is a New York-based middle-market private equity firm founded in 2020 as successor to Snow Phipps Group, investing in specialty manufacturing and business services.

Truc (France)

Truc, also known as Le Truc, is a French trick-taking card game of the truc and truco family, played in Roussillon, the Pays Basque, Poitou, and Sarthe.

Truc (Truc)

Truc (Truque, Trut) is a Catalan and southern French bluffing trick-taking card game of the Put group: Spanish 40-card deck, suits ignored, ranking 3-2-1-12-11-10-7-6-5-4, bets truc/retruc, basis of South American Truco.

Truc Lam Zen school

The Truc Lam Zen school (Thiền phái Trúc Lâm) is a Vietnamese Zen school founded in 1299 by the retired emperor Tran Nhan Tong on Yen Tu mountain.

Trúc Nhân

Trúc Nhân (Nguyễn Trúc Nhân), born 1991 in Bình Định, is a Vietnamese pop singer known for The Voice of Vietnam 2012 and satirical folk-pop hits like Sáng Mắt Chưa.

Truce of 1503 with Lithuania

The Truce of 1503 with Lithuania (Перемирье с Литвой 1503 года) was a six-year armistice between Ivan III and Lithuania, leaving Moscow nineteen towns, about a third of Lithuanian territory.

Truce of Altmark

The Truce of Altmark (rozejm w Starym Targu) was a six-year truce between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, signed on 26 September 1629 at Altmark in Royal Prussia.

Truce of Andrusovo

The Truce of Andrusovo (Андрусовское перемирие) was the 1667 armistice ending the Russo-Polish war of 1654–1667, dividing Ukraine along the Dnieper between Russia and the Commonwealth.

Truce of Deulino (Деулинское перемирие)

Truce of Deulino (Деулинское перемирие, Rozejm w Dywilinie), armistice of 1(11) December 1618 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia: 14.5 years, cession of Smolensk and Seversk lands, prisoner exchange, confirmed at Polyanovka 1634.

Truce of Jam Zapolski

The Truce of Jam Zapolski (Ям-Запольское перемирие) was a 1582 truce between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that ended their part of the Livonian War.

Truce of Leulinghem

Truce of Leulinghem: Anglo-French truce of the Hundred Years' War, first made 1389 at Leulinghem near Calais, extended 9 March 1396 with Richard II's marriage to Isabelle of France for 28 years until 1426, confirmed by Henry IV in 1400, ending with Henry V's war in 1415.

Truce of Yam-Zapolsky

The Truce of Yam-Zapolsky (Ям-Запольский мир) was a ten-year armistice signed on 15 January 1582 between Ivan IV of Russia and King Stephen Báthory, ending the Livonian War.

Truchas Peak

Truchas Peak (South Truchas), 13,102-13,107 ft, is New Mexico's second-highest independent summit, in the Pecos Wilderness of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains about 20 miles northeast of Santa Fe; highest point of Mora and Rio Arriba counties.

Trucial States (الساحل المتصالح)

Trucial States (الساحل المتصالح), also Trucial Coast, former British-protected Persian Gulf sheikhdoms under the 1820–1892 maritime truce treaties; six became the UAE in 1971, Ras al-Khaimah joined 1972.

Truck

A truck, called a lorry in British English, is a motor vehicle designed to carry property, ranging from pickups to multi-trailer combination vehicles; the first motorized truck was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1896.

Truck classification

Truck classification is the sorting of goods vehicles into categories by maximum mass, axle count, configuration, or intended use, under systems that differ between the EU and the US.

Truck driver

A truck driver, also known as a lorry driver, earns a living driving trucks, with about 2,235,100 heavy and tractor-trailer driver jobs in the United States in 2024.

Truck driver shortage

The truck driver shortage is the American Trucking Associations' claim that the United States lacks enough truck drivers, an estimate economists dispute as high turnover rather than a true shortage.

Truck electrification

Truck electrification is the replacement of diesel drivetrains in commercial trucks with electric power, led by battery-electric trucks, which reached 9% of heavy freight truck sales in 2025.

Truck loading automation

Truck loading automation is the family of technologies that loads and unloads freight trailers automatically, cutting a full-trailer load from 20 to 45 minutes to 2 to 10.

Truck nuts

Truck nuts, also known as Truck Nutz or truck balls, are plastic or metal fake testicles hung from a truck's trailer hitch, becoming a mass-market novelty in the late 2000s.

Truck platooning

Truck platooning is the operation of two or more trucks driving in close convoy, linked by automation and V2V communication to cut aerodynamic drag and save fuel.