RIF explained

RIF or Rif may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Renju International Federation, Renju is the professional variant of the board game Gomoku
R.I.F., a 2011 film

Computing

Requirements Interchange Format, XML file format that can be used to exchange requirements
Routing information field, a source route-related field in the token ring network frame header
Rule Interchange Format, a W3C recommendation-track effort
Russian Internet Forum

Military

Reconnaissance in force, a type of military operation used specifically to probe an enemy's disposition
The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1881
Realistic imitation firearm, a replica that realistically portrays a firearm; see Legal issues in airsoft § United Kingdom
R-39 Rif, Soviet and Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile

People

Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103), Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013—1103), was a Talmudist and posek
Riffian people, inhabitants of the Rif Region of Morocco

Places

Rif (sandbank), in the Netherlands
Rif, a mountain chain and a region in Morocco
- The Republic of the Rif, a short-lived republic in the region which fought against Spanish rule.
Rif, Iceland, in the municipality of Snæfellsbær
- Rif Airport, Iceland

Science

Retrieval-induced forgetting, a phenomenon in memory
Rif (GTPase), small signalling G protein
Rifampicin, the antibiotic
Right iliac fossa, part of the surface of the human abdomen
The initials on bars of soap purported to have been made of human fat in World War II

Other uses

Reading Is Fundamental, an organization promoting children's literacy
Reduction in Force, a large-scale ending of employment
Riff, a brief relaxed musical phrase repeated over changing melodies
Riff languages, a grouping of languages spoken in the Rif area of Morocco

See also