Rack or racks may refer to:

Storage and installation

Amp rack Amp rack is short for amplifier rack, and is a term used mostly in reference to professional audio applications to describe any furniture, fixture, or case where amplifiers are mounted by their faceplates or in slot grooves, which is termed a ''ra ...

, short for amplifier rack, a piece of furniture in which amplifiers are mounted * Bicycle rack, a frame for storing bicycles when not in use * Bustle rack, a type of storage bin mounted on armored fighting vehicles * Drying rack, for hanging clothing to dry * Firearm rack, for storing firearms *

Pallet racking Pallet rack is a material handling storage aid system designed to store materials on pallets (or “skids”). Although there are many varieties of pallet racking, all types allow for the storage of palletized materials in horizontal rows with mul ...

, structural racks (usually steel) for storing palletised loads *

Rack (billiards) A rack (sometimes called a triangle) is a piece of equipment that is used to place billiard balls in their starting positions at the beginning of a pocket billiards game. ''Rack'' may also be used as a verb to describe the act of setting billiard ...

, for placing billiard balls in their starting positions *

Roof rack A roof rack is a set of bars secured to the roof of a motor car. It is used to carry bulky items such as luggage, bicycles, canoes, kayaks, skis, or various carriers and containers. They allow users of an automobile to transport objects on th ...

, a system used to carry items on top of a car * Standardized equipment racks **

19-inch rack A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple electronic equipment modules. Each module has a front panel that is wide. The 19 inch dimension includes the edges or "ears" that protrude from each side of the equ ...

and

23-inch rack A 19-inch rack is a standardized frame or enclosure for mounting multiple electronic equipment modules. Each module has a front panel that is wide. The 19 inch dimension includes the edges or "ears" that protrude from each side of the equ ...

, commonly used for computer, communications, and AV equipment **

Rack unit A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as . It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby th ...

, equipment sizing measure **

International Standard Payload Rack The International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) is a steel framework container that is designed and been adopted by the International Space Station (ISS) program to support efficient integration and interchangeability of space payload hardware, ...

, used in spaceflight * Toast rack, a serving piece

Media

* ''The Rack'' (album), debut album by Asphyx * ''The Rack'' (1915 film), an American silent drama film * ''The Rack'' (1956 film), a courtroom drama starring Paul Newman * "Racks" (song), song by rapper Y. C.

People

Rack (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) This article lists the major and recurring fictional characters created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. For detailed descriptions, see individual character pages. Cast Main cast The following characters we ...

, fictitious character * Edmund Rack (c.1735–1787), English writer * Reinhard Rack (born 1945), Austrian politician * Tom Rack, American actor

Transportation

Rack and pinion A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a circular gear (the ''pinion'') engaging a linear gear (the ''rack''). Together, they convert rotational motion into linear motion. Rotating the pinion causes the rack to be driven i ...

, a gear arrangement commonly used in vehicle steering *

Rack lift A rack lift is a type of elevator which consists of a cage attached to vertical rails affixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion A pinion is a round gear—usua ...

, an elevator which runs on vertical rails *

Rack railway A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with th ...

, a train propelled using a toothed rail * Rack, in horseriding, a quick, four-beat

ambling gait An ambling gait or amble is any of several four-beat intermediate horse gaits, all of which are faster than a walk but usually slower than a canter and always slower than a gallop. Horses that amble are sometimes referred to as " gaited", parti ...

* Racks railway station, a former railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Other uses

* Laboratory drying rack, a pegboard for hanging and draining glassware in a laboratory * Rack, a climbing term for the set of equipment carried up a climb *

Rack (web server interface) Rack is a modular interface between web servers and web applications developed in the Ruby programming language. With Rack, application programming interfaces (APIs) for web frameworks and middleware are wrapped into a single method call handli ...

, a Web server interface for Ruby *

Racking Racking, often referred to as Soutirage or Soutirage traditionnel (meaning racking in French), also filtering or fining, is the process of moving wine or beer from one container to another using gravity rather than a pump, which can be disruptiv ...

, the transfer of a liquid (such as wine) from one container to another *

Racking focus A focus puller or first assistant camera (1st AC) is a member of a film crew's camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens's optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed. "Pulling focus" refers to ...

, a photography technique *

Rack of lamb A rack of lamb or carré d'agneau (though this may also refer to other cuts) is a cut of lamb cut perpendicularly to the spine, and including 16 ribs or chops. At retail, it is usually sold 'single' (sawn longitudinally and including the 8 ribs ...

, a cut of lamb meat * Racks and quandles, concepts in abstract algebra *

Rack (torture) The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one or both ends. The victim's ankles are fastened to one roller and the wrists are chained to the other. As the in ...

* Receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1)

Storage and installation

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