title: RDF
text: # RDF
  
  RDF may refer to:
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  ### Computing
  
  * Resource Description Framework, a W3C metadata standard used for graphing
     * RDF Schema, its language
  
  ### Physics
  
  * Radial distribution function, describes how density varies as a function of distance from a reference particle
  * Radio direction finding, techniques used when searching for radio sources
  * Random dopant fluctuation
  * Reduced dimensions form, a canonical mechanism for solving two-state trajectories
  * Relative directivity factor, a figure of merit for directional receiving antennas
  
  ### Other technologies
  
  * Real degree of fermentation, attenuation of alcoholic beverages
  * Refuse-derived fuel
  
  ## Art, entertainment, and media
  
  * Radical Dance Faction, a band from the United Kingdom
  * RDF Media, a television production company
  * Robotech Defense Force, a character group in the US anime television series Robotech
  * Rapid Deployment Force: Global Conflict, a video game
  
  ## Military
  
  * Reserve Defence Forces, the combined military reserve force of Ireland
  * Rwandan Defence Forces
  * Rapid Deployment Force (United States)
  
  ## Other organizations
  
  * Reichsbund Deutsche Familie, Kampfbund für erbtüchtigen Kinderreichtum, a German Nazi organisation
  * Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, UK
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Reality distortion field, a term coined to describe Steve Jobs' charisma
  