REM

See also: rem, R.E.M., rém, and rëm

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Etymology 1

From the initial letters of rapid eye movement.

Noun

REM (plural REMs)

  1. rapid eye movement
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Etymology 2

Shortened from remaining.

Noun

REM (uncountable)

  1. remaining time: In music, the time remaining in a track.

Etymology 3

Shortened from remark.

Noun

REM (plural REMs)

  1. (computing) A programming language statement used for documentation (in BASIC for example); also used in DOS batch files.
    • 2006 December 24, David Williams, “satellite program”, in comp.lang.basic.visual.misc, 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 4

Shortened from rare earth metal.

Noun

REM (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) rare earth metal(s).

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