Rib (disambiguation)

A rib is a bone attached to the spine, in vertebrate animals.

Rib, ribs or RIB may also refer to:

Anatomy

• Rib or costa, the leading edge of an insect wing (See Glossary of entomology terms)
• Rib, an angulated vertical line on the stem of cactus

Construction

• Rib (aeronautics), a longitudinal structural member in an aircraft wing responsible for maintaining its curvature.
• Rib (nautical), a lateral structural member connected to the keel between gunwales
• Rib, one type of transverse member in boat building
• Rib, a grooved/textured surface found on firearm barrels to improve target aqquisition.
• Rib, any slender molded masonry arch projecting from a surface, particularly as part of an architectural vault
  • Rib vault, a type of architectural vault in which the ribs are built first
• The sides of a violin or a guitar
• The sides of a tunnel

Acronyms

• RIB for Rigid inflatable boat, also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat
• RenderMan Interface Bytestream in 3D graphics
• Romanian International Bank
• Routing information base in computer networking
• RIB Software, a German company
• Roman Inscriptions of Britain, an archaeological reference book
• Retirement Insurance Benefits from the United States Social Security Administration
• Rwanda Investigation Bureau, law enforcement in Rwanda
• Ryukyu Islands Boy Scouts, Japan
• Renault Industrie Belgique, a Belgian plant of the Renault concern
• Remote Insight Board, for HP Integrated Lights-Out remote system management protocols

Music

• R.I.B. (album), a 2014 release by German metal band Tankard
• Razed in Black, an industrial music group
• Reign in Blood, an album by thrash metal band, Slayer
• Ribs (band) an American space rock/grime band
• "Ribs" (song) a 2013 song by Lorde from her album Pure Heroine

Other uses

• Ribs (food), the cooked meat and rib bones of a food animal
• Rib (professional wrestling), a practical joke
• A type of escarpment seen in rib and groove topography
• A stitch pattern in knitting
• A tool used for shaping or smoothing pottery
• A type of fabric with closely woven yarn
• Ribs (recordings), gramophone recordings made from X-ray films
• Ribs Raney (1923–2003), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "Ribs"