Rim

Rim may refer to:

• Rim (coin), the sharp circular (or otherwise shaped) edge which surrounds the coin design
• Rim (craters), the part of a crater that extends above the height of the local surface
• Rim (firearms), a projection machined into the bottom of a firearms cartridge
• Rim (novel), by Alexander Besher
• Rim (wheel), the outer part of a wheel on which the tire is mounted.
• Rim (basketball), part of equipment for basketball
  • Breakaway rim, a specialized rim capable of sustaining forceful dunks
• Rim, Nepal

RIM may stand for:

• Royal Indian Marine, the name of the British colonial navy of India from 1892 to 1934.
• Research In Motion, the Canadian wireless-device company known for its BlackBerry-brand handheld devices
• Recording Industry Association of Malaysia
• Red Island Minerals, Western Australia-based coal development company
• Responsible information management
• Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, an international Maoist organization
• Reaction injection molding, a type of processing for network polymers
• Remote Integrated Multiplexer, a term for digital loop carrier in Australia
• Remote Infrastructure Management, a 2nd/3rd line computer support team
• Reference Information Model, a specification created by HL7
• Reb Itche Meir (Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter), the first Gerrer Rebbe
• The US Military designation for a ship-launched, intercept guided missile. Examples include the RIM-66 Standard missile and the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow.

See also

• RIMS (disambiguation)