Rib (disambiguation)

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

Rib or RIB may also refer to:

Anatomy

 * Ribs (food), the cooked meat and rib bones of a food animal
 * 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

Others

 * 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

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