Rack or racks may refer to:

Storage, support and transportation

Amp 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 ...

, a piece of furniture in which amplifiers are mounted * Autorack or auto carrier, for transporting vehicles in freight trains * Baker's rack, for bread and other baked goods * Bicycle rack: **

Bicycle parking rack A bicycle parking rack, usually shortened to bike rack and also called a bicycle stand, is a device to which bicycles can be securely attached for Bicycle parking, parking purposes. It may be freestanding, or securely attached to the ground or ...

Bicycle stand The term bicycle tools typically refers to specialty tools used on bicycles, as opposed to general purpose mechanical tools. such as spanners and hex wrenches. Various bicycle tools have evolved over the years into specialized tools for working on ...

, for holding bicycles in service, storage, or transport ** The

luggage carrier A luggage carrier, also commonly called a (bicycle) rack, is a device attached to a bicycle to which cargo or panniers can be attached. This is popular with utility bicycles and touring bicycles. Bicycle luggage carriers may be mounted on the ...

of a bicycle * Bustle rack, a type of storage bin mounted on armored fighting vehicles * Clothes rack, or clothes horse * hatstand, also known as a coat rack, hall rack, or hat rack * Drum rack, part of a drum kit * Drying rack, for clothing * Ejector rack or hardpoint for attaching external loads to an aircraft * Firearm rack * Flat rack container, a type of railroad freight car * Hay rack, for feeding animals * Laboratory drying rack, a for hanging and draining glassware * Music rack or music stand, to hold sheet music for performance * Newspaper rack, a

newspaper vending machine A newspaper vending machine or newspaper rack is a vending machine designed to distribute newspapers. Newspaper vending machines are used worldwide, and they are often one of the main distribution methods for newspaper publishers. According to t ...

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 mult ...

, for storing palletised loads * Pot rack for kitchen storage * Roof rack, for a car top * Shoe rack *

Spinner rack A spinner rack is a rotating merchandise display, usually placed on a retailer's floor or counter. Often used to display magazines, paperbacks, greeting cards, postcards, hats, or seeds, the spinner rack is closely associated with the comic boo ...

, a rotating frame for store merchandise * Pipe rack, for supporting pipe or cable runs *

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 ...

or 23-inch rack, for computer and other electronic equipment * Truck bed rack, a metal frame used to increase a truck bed's capacity

Mechanics

* Power rack, a piece of weight training equipment * The straight component of a

rack and pinion 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 between rotational motion and linear motion: rotating the pinion causes the rack to be d ...

pair * Rack lift, 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 ...

, a train propelled using a toothed rail * Rack slide, a type of

linear bearing A linear-motion bearing or linear slide is a Bearing (mechanical), bearing designed to provide free motion in one direction. There are many different types of linear motion bearings. Motorized linear slides such as machine slides, X-Y tables, ro ...

used to mount pull-out equipment in racks

Media

* ''The Rack'' (album) (1991), by Dutch death metal band Asphyx * ''The Rack'' (1915 film), an American silent drama * ''The Rack'' (1956 film), a courtroom drama starring Paul Newman * ''Rack'' (album) (2024) by American rock band Jesus Lizard * "Racks" (song) (2011), by American rapper Y. C.

People and characters

* Rack or Marrack, a fictional character in the American TV series ''

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'' * Edmund Rack (c.1735–1787), English writer * Reinhard Rack (born 1945), Austrian politician * Ricky Racks, pseudonym of American songwriter Ricky Harrell, Jr (born 1987) * Simon Rack, fictional galactic secret agent created by American writer L. James in 1974 * Tom Rack, Canadian actor and writer (born 1983)

Software

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 ha ...

, a Ruby API definition *

VCV Rack VCV Rack is a free and open-source cross-platform software modular synthesizer. Overview VCV Rack is a free open-source virtual modular synthesizer: multiple modules can be connected to synthesize a sound. By default, the software contains se ...

, a free software modular synthesizer

Places and artifacts

* Rack Marsh, a nature reserve in Bagnor, England * Rack Hill, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England * Racks railway station, a former station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Other uses

* Rackable Systems (NASDAQ symbol: RACK), former American computer manufacturer * Rack or singlefoot, (

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 disrupti ...

), a horse gait * Rack (climbing), the set of equipment carried up a climb * Rack, a slang term for money, specifically £1,000 *

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 ...

or triangle, a frame for placing billiard balls in their starting positions * Rack (torture) * Rack of

ribs The rib cage or thoracic cage is an endoskeletal enclosure in the thorax of most vertebrates that comprises the ribs, vertebral column and sternum, which protect the vital organs of the thoracic cavity, such as the heart, lungs and great vessels ...

, a cut of meat *

Rack of lamb A rack of lamb, also known as carré d'agneau (though this term may also refer to other cuts), is a Lamb and mutton, lamb cut that is perpendicular to the spine and includes 16 ribs or Lamb chop (meat), chops. In retail, it is commonly sold as a ...

, a cut of meat *

Rack-rent Rack-rent denotes two different concepts: # an excessive rent. # the full rent of a property, including both land and improvements as if it were subject to an immediate open-market rental review. The second definition is equivalent to the econom ...

, a type of property rent * Rack, a slang term for a women's

breasts The breasts are two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates. Both sexes develop breasts from the same embryology, embryological tissues. The relative size and development of the breasts is ...

* Racks and quandles, concepts in abstract algebra * Argentine backbreaker rack, a professional wrestling move * Rappel rack, a type of caving

descender In typography and handwriting, a descender is the portion of a grapheme that extends below the Baseline (typography), baseline of a typeface, font. For example, in the letter ''y'', the descender is the "tail", or that portion of the diagonal li ...