Ramp

Ramp may refer to:

In science and technology:

• Inclined plane, a simple machine
• Wheelchair ramp, an alternative to stairs
• Ramp function, in mathematics the integral of the unit step function
• Receptor activity-modifying protein (RAMP), a class of protein
• Linkspan, on a ferry or a ferry slip

Transportation:

• Airport ramp, the area where aircraft are loaded and unloaded
• Entrance ramp, or "on ramp", on a freeway
• Exit ramp, or "off ramp", on a freeway
• Speed bumps, called ramps (Irish: rampai) in Ireland

Sports:

• Vert ramp and mini ramp, half-pipe structures used in gravity extreme sports
• Mark Ramprakash, an English cricketer nicknamed "Ramps"

Music:

• RAMP, a soul/jazz group from Cincinnati
• Ramp (band), a Portuguese heavy metal band
• Ramp, a 1991 album by Giant Sand
• "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", German band Scooter's cover of the Supertramp song

Other uses:

• Ramp (fashion), or runway or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show
• Ramp (plant), common name for wild leek, Allium tricoccum native to eastern North America
• Operation Ramp, an Australian Defence Force evacuation of civilians during the 2006 Lebanon War
• Ramp, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• RAMP, simulation software for modelling reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM)