Ripe or RIPE may refer to: Horticulture Ripening, the maturation process of fruit Ripeness in viticulture, the completion of the ripening process of wine grapes Acronyms RIPE, Réseaux IP Européens RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe RIPEMD, a family of cryptographic hash functions Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency, a genetic engineering research project Arts and entertainment Ripe (film), a 1997 American drama by Mo Ogrodnik Ripe (Banderas album), 1991 Ripe (Ben Lee album) or the title song, 2007 Ripe (Field Trip album), 1991 Ripe (Slug album), 2015 Ripe Digital Entertainment, a defunct American video-on-demand provider Places Ripe, East Sussex, England Ripe, Marche, Italy Other uses Ripeness, a term in law Wilhelm Ripe (1818–1885), German painter See also Cervical ripening, the softening of the cervix prior to the onset of labor Ripen (album), by Shawn McDonald, 2006