| Acronym | Definition |
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| RAPID | Read Ahead for Parallel Independent Disks |
| RAPID | Rural Agricultural Productivity Improvement and Development (various locations) |
| RAPID | Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device |
| RAPID | Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors (Cluster spacecraft) |
| RAPID | Revitalising Areas through Planning, Investment and Development (Irish Government programme) |
| RAPID | Reusable Ada Products for Information Systems Development |
| RAPID | Railroad Accident Prevention & Immediate Deployment |
| RAPID | Restoration and Provisioning Integrated Design (AT&T) |
| RAPID | Requirements Analysis Process in Design |
| RAPID | Rapid Airplane Program Input Design (NASA) |
| RAPID | Relocatable Army Processors for Intelligence Data |
| RAPID | Random Access Para-Integrated Data (Datagistics Corporation) |
| RAPID | Reactor And Plant Integrated Dynamics |
| RAPID | Retrieval Through Automated Publication & Information Digest |
| RAPID | Radar Augmentation for Periscope Identification |
| RAPID | Real-Time Acquisition & Processing of In-Flight Data |
| RAPID | Responsive Acquisition Processing for Improved Delivery |
| RAPID | Reserves And Police - Immediate Detention |