Rib (disambiguation)
# 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, 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
