Rib (disambiguation)

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Rib or RIB has various meanings:

  • The bones called ribs.
  • The sides of a violin are called ribs.
  • Part of an aircraft wing: see rib (aircraft).
  • A type of knitting stitch.
  • Some wooden members in a wooden boat or ship.
  • The sides of a tunnel.
  • In architecture, a relatively slender, molded masonry arch projecting from a surface. In Gothic architecture, the ribs form the framework of the vaulting. Diagonal ribs form the X of a groin vault.
  • Ribs are a popular food dish in some regions of the world, particularly the United States.
  • RIBS is an acryonym for "Ratio Induced Bitch Syndrome", a term which originated at RPI.
  • A tool used for shaping or smoothing pottery.
  • <RiB>, an Industrial music act from Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Abbreviation RIB:
  • Rib was one of the player-characters in the Amiga computer game Skeleton Krew, by Core Design
  • Remote Insight Board - an out-of-band network management interface on HP servers.
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