Rack

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Things known as a Rack include:

• 19-inch rack - a standardized system for mounting computers and other electronic modules in a vertical frame .
• Amp rack - short for amplifier rack and is a term used mostly in reference to professional audio applications to describe any furniture, fixture, or case where amplifiers are mounted by their faceplates or in slot grooves, mostly synonymous with rack mount.
• Antler - A pair of antlers.
• Bicycle rack - a device to which a bicycle can be securely attached (often using a bicycle lock) to prevent thef.
• Bomber - A bomb rack on a bomber.
• Book Rack - a chain of franchise stores that sells and trades used books, mainly paperbacks. There are 200 stores in the United States and Canada.
• Breasts - Human female breasts.
• Bustle rack - a type of storage bin mounted on armored fighting vehicles, usually on the sides and/or rear of the turret.
• Crowned rack of lamb and similar cuts of beef or pork
• Distortion - the distortion, or tendency to distort, laterally as in changing a rectangle to a non-rectangular parallelogram. It is a notion particularly important in naval architecture.
• Drying rack - A drying rack is a device intended for hanging clothing to dry.
• Framework - An open framework used to store things in or hold things up.
• Glossary of climbing terms - The set of equipment carried up a climb
• Hot Racking - US Navy term for a bed or bunk. "I'm hitting my rack" literally means "I'm going to bed".
• Mag Rack - a Video on Demand / VOD television channel available only through digital cable.
• Rack (billiards) - A holder, usually triangular, used to set up billiard balls; see rack (billiards).
• Rack (Buffyverse) - a character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.
• Rack (knot theory) - an algebraic object used in knot theory.
• Rack (torture) - a torture device. This is the original meaning.
• Rack and pinion - a type of gear arrangement used for steering an automobile.
• Rack Hill - (grid reference ST842762) is a 10.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1975.
• Rack lift - a type of elevator which comprises of a cage attached to vertical rails afixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion gear that engages a rack gear which is also attached to the wall between the rails.
• RACK protein - Receptor for Activated C Kinase; PKC-interacting proteins collectively called RACKs
• Rack railway - A cog railway, rack-and-pinion railway or rack railway is a railway with a special toothed rack rail or rack mounted on the railroad ties (sleepers), usually between the running rails.
• Rack space - the housing of servers, web servers within a steel cabinet, these are for the managed hosting solutions. Racks are normal stored or hosted within a Datacenter.
• Racked - The transfer of a liquid, such as wine, from one container to another; see wine making.
• Racking bend - The racking bend is a knot for joining two ropes of different diameter.
• Racking focus - the practice of shifting the attention of a viewer of a film or video by changing the focus of the lens from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background, or vice versa.
• Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville - Promotes the interests of amateur radio operators in the Knoxville. See [1]
• Ranger Assault Carry Kit - the current LCE for all riflemen at the 75th Ranger Regiment and many other United States Special Operations Forces. It can be configured for Grenadiers and SAW Gunners.
• Reinhard Rack - (born 7 August 1945 in Leoben, Styria) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament.
• Risk Aware Consensual Kink - an acronym used by some of the BDSM community to describe themselves and their philosophies. It specifies that any activity between fully-informed consenting adults is acceptable.
• Roof Rack - a system used on automobiles which was designed to carry sporting goods and luggage on top of a car. They're popular amongst skiers, snowboarders, cyclist, and kayakers.
• Tie Rack - a British-based necktie retailer which has recently diversified into selling scarves. Tie Rack operates in a niche market.
• Toast rack - or toastrack - is a serving piece having vertical partitions (usually from five to eight in number) connected to a flat base, used for holding slices of toast.