Ramp
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Ramp may refer to:
In science and technology:
- Inclined plane, a simple machine
- Wheelchair ramp, an alternative to stairs
- Ramp function, in mathematics the integral of the unit step function
- Receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP), a class of protein
- Linkspan, on a ferry or a ferry slip
Transportation:
- Airport ramp, the area where aircraft are loaded and unloaded
- Interchange (road) entrance ramp/on ramp or exit ramp/off ramp, on a freeway
- Speed bumps, also called ramps
Sports:
- Vert ramp and mini ramp, half-pipe structures used in gravity extreme sports
- Mark Ramprakash, an English cricketer nicknamed "Ramps"
Music:
- RAMP, a soul/jazz group from Cincinnati
- Ramp (band), a Portuguese heavy metal band
- Ramp, a 1991 album by Giant Sand
- "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", German band Scooter's cover of the Supertramp song
Other uses:
- Ramp or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show. See Runway (fashion).
- Allium tricoccum, ramp, common name for wild leek, native to eastern North America
- Operation Ramp, an Australian Defence Force evacuation of civilians during the 2006 Lebanon War
- Ramp, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- RAMP Simulation Software for Modelling Reliability, Availability and Maintainability