Riff (disambiguation)
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Riff, RIFF, or Riffs might refer to:
- RiffRIFFThe Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
, a short, repeated musical phrase - Riff, a song by the DJ Sander van DoornSander van DoornSander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
- Riff, the leader of the Jets in West Side Story
- Riff, the nickname for the Detroit Radio Station WRIFWRIFWRIF — branded 101 WRIF: The RIFF — is a commercial active rock radio station licensed by the FCC to operate in Detroit, Michigan serving surrounding Metro Detroit. The station is currently owned by Greater Boston Radio, Inc. WRIF is a grandfathered Class B station with a signal equivalent to...
- Riff (band)Riff (band)Riff is a R&B vocal group from New Jersey, formed while its members were in high school. The ensemble began under the name Playboys in the late 1980s, with a style strongly influenced by doo wop....
, an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s - Riff (dinosaur), a dinosaur on Barney & Friends since 2006
- Riff (Sluggy Freelance), a character from Sluggy Freelance
- Riff: Everyday ShooterEveryday ShooterEveryday Shooter is an independent video game developed by Canadian programmer and artist Jonathan Mak. It was released on the U.S...
, a video game for the PC and PlayStation 3
Acronyms
- RIFF, Resource Interchange File Format
- RIFF, Reykjavík International Film FestivalReykjavík International Film Festival- The festival :Reykjavík International Film Festival , is an international film festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland annually. The festival lasts 11 days each year and emphasizes young talents...
in Reykjavík, Iceland. - RIFF, Riverside International Film Festival in Riverside, California, United States.
Other
- Riffs (album)Riffs (album)"Riffs" is the twenty-sixth studio album by the English rock group "Status Quo", released in 2003. Ten tracks were cover versions of pop and rock standards, the other five were re-recordings of songs they had previously issued during the 1970s...
, a 2003 album by Status Quo - The Riffs, the largest gang in New York, in the film The Warriors
- Riffing, also known as MSTingMSTingMSTing or MiSTing is a method of mocking a show in the style of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 and, in particular, is a form of fan fiction in which writers mock other works by inserting humorous comments, called "riffs", into the flow of dialogue and events.- Style :In...
, the practice of making sarcastic quips, or "riffs", particularly over a movie or other form of entertainment.
See also
- RIF (disambiguation)
- RifRifThe Rif or Riff is a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco, with some fertile plains, stretching from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Melwiyya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Wergha in the south.It is part of the...
, a region of Morocco - Riffian peopleRiffian peopleThe Rifians are a Berber people who inhabit the Rif in northern Morocco. The mother tongue of the Rifians is called Rifian, though many speak Moroccan Arabic, Spanish or French as second or third languages.-Physical anthropology:...
, a BerberBerber peopleBerbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
peoples of the RifRifThe Rif or Riff is a mainly mountainous region of northern Morocco, with some fertile plains, stretching from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Ras Kebdana and the Melwiyya River in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Wergha in the south.It is part of the...
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