A ramp, or inclined plane, is a simple machine.

Ramp, Ramps, RAMP, may also refer to:

People

  • James J. Ramp (died 1978), Philadelphia police officer
  • Jenny Ramp (born 2003), Filipina beauty pageant titleholder
  • Pieter Ramp (1592–1660), Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij
  • Mark Ramprakash (born 1969), English cricketer nicknamed "Ramps"

Places

  • Ramp, West Virginia, USA; an unincorporated community
  • Ramp Creek Formation, a geologic formation in Indiana and Kentucky, in the USA
  • Ramp Run, a stream in Ohio, USA
  • Ramp Rocks, Willis Islands, South Georgia Islands, Antarctic Ocean; a group of islets
  • The Ramp (Alaska), United States; a mountain summit
  • The Ramp (Antarctica), Ross Island, Antarctica; a rocky slope near Cape Evans
  • Ramp Covered Bridge, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; a historic bridge

Computing, electronics

  • RAMP Simulation Software for Modelling Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
  • RAMP software for producing synthetic demand timeseries in open energy system models
  • Russian Anonymous Marketplace, a Russian dark web market that shut down in 2017

Music

  • RAMP (American band), an American soul/jazz group from Cincinnati
  • RAMP (Portuguese band), a Portuguese metal band
  • Ramp (album), a 1991 album by Giant Sand
  • , a 2007 song by Tokyo Jihen, off the album Variety
  • "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", German band Scooter's 2001 cover of the 1979 Supertramp song "The Logical Song"

Transportation

  • Ramp or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show; see Runway (fashion)
  • Airport ramp, the area where aircraft are loaded and unloaded
  • Linkspan, on a ferry or a ferry slip
  • Interchange (road) entrance ramp/on ramp or exit ramp/off ramp, on a freeway
  • Speed bumps, also called ramps
  • Wheelchair ramp, an alternative to stairs
  • Parking ramp, a multi-story structure for car parking with ramps between floors
  • Car ramp, a simple method of raising a vehicle from the ground

Technology, science, engineering, mathematics

  • Ramp function, in mathematics the integral of the unit step function
  • Ramp waveform
  • Receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP), a class of protein
  • (R)-1-amino-2-methoxymethylpyrrolidine, a chiral auxiliary used in the Enders SAMP/RAMP hydrazone-alkylation reaction

Other uses

  • Operation Ramp, an Australian Defence Force evacuation of civilians during the 2006 Lebanon War
  • Ramp (company), an American financial service and technology company based in New York, NY.
  • Ramp, a citrus soft drink
  • Vert ramp and mini ramp, half-pipe structures used in gravity extreme sports
  • Responsible Alcohol Management Program, a program of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
  • Allium tricoccum, a species of wild onion or garlic native to eastern North America, commonly called "ramp"

See also

  • Ramp-up
  • Rampe, Valga Parish, Valga County, Estonia; a village
  • Dane Rampe (born 1990), Australian player of Australian rules football
  • Rampside (disambiguation)