Short for
release to manufacturing, the version of a
software product that is given to manufacturers to
bundle into future versions of their
hardware products. RTM versions are typically released to manufacturers before they are released to the general public so that the manufacturers can work out any
bugs the software may encounter with hardware devices. The release of an RTM version does not necessarily mean that the creators have worked out all the problems with the software; there still may be more versions of the product before it is released to the general public.
