RIP

R.I.P. is an abbreviation for requiescat in pace which is Latin for 'May he/she rest in peace'.

R.I.P. or RIP may also refer to:

Biology

• Regulated intramembrane proteolysis, a biochemical process which regulates a semipermeable membrane
• Repeat induced point-mutation, a process by which DNA in some fungi accumulates mutations
• Ribosome inhibiting protein, a type of protein that controls ribosomes
• Ramus interventricularis paraconalis, branch of the right coronary artery

Mathematics

• Restricted isometry property

Computers

• Raster Image Processor, a component used in a printing system which produces a bitmap
• Real IP address: a term used in load balancing
• Recovery Is Possible, a Linux distribution
• Relative Instruction-Pointer, an addressing mode peculiar to the x86-64 architecture
• Remote Imaging Protocol, a method of using graphics instead of text on a Bulletin Board System
• Routing Information Protocol, a protocol used in computer networks
• Row Instruction Pointer, a special purpose processor register in network processors

Military

• R.I.P. cartridge (Round, Irritant, Personnel), or tear-gas cartridge, a specialist shotgun ammunition
• Ranger Indoctrination Program, a U.S. Army program requirement for assignment to a Ranger battalion

Music

• RIP (band), a punk band from Basque Country (Spain)
• R.I.P. (Coroner album), a 1987 album by thrash metal band Coroner
• R.I.P. (Rocket from the Crypt album), a 2008 album of a 2005 live performance by Rocket from the Crypt
• Rust In Peace, a 1990 album by the band Megadeth
• R.I.P (Rock In Peace), a song by AC/DC from the 1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap album
• R.I.P. (Rest in Pain), a song by Sepultura from the 1987 Schizophrenia album

Other uses

• "R.I.P." (story), a 1998 short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• Reduced Ignition Propensity cigarettes, more commonly called Fire safe cigarettes
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, a UK act of Parliament
• Royal Institute of Philosophy, a UK educational institution