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What does that mean? We'll tell you.","/articles/rejected-address-what-does-that-mean"),new i.A("Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI)","What is RDI/where can you find it? Read on to learn more about the Residential Delivery Indicator.","/articles/what-is-rdi"),new i.A("Reverse geocoding","Convert latitude and longitude coordinates (a geocode) to an address using US Reverse Geocoding.","/articles/reverse-geocoding"),new i.A("Royal Mail","Curious about how to format an address to England? 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