RIP

RIP may stand for:

*"Rest in peace" (from Latin "requiescat in pace"), a prayer which typically appears on tombstones
*Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, a UK act of Parliament
*Ranger Indoctrination Program, a U.S. Army program required for enlisted personnel prior to assignment to a Ranger battalion
*Royal Institute of Philosophy, a UK institution
*R.I.P. cartridge (Round Irritant Personnel), specialist shotgun ammunition

Biology:

*Regulated intramembrane proteolysis, a biochemical process
*Ribosome inhibiting protein, in molecular biology

Technology:

*Routing Information Protocol, a routing protocol used in computer networks
*Raster image processor, a component used in a printing system which produces a bitmap
*Recovery Is Possible, a Linux distribution
*Register instruction pointer, in the x64 instruction sets
*Row Instruction pointer, a special purpose register in network processors
*Remote imaging protocol or "RIPscrip", a method of using graphics instead of text on a BBS
*Repeat induced point-mutation

Music:

*R.I.P. (Rock in Peace), a rare AC/DC song from 1976
*Rust in Peace, fourth studio album by Megadeth
*R.I.P. (album), an album by thrash metal band Coroner

ee also

* Rip current - a strong surface flow of water returning seaward from near the shore