// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the ref say to the ball? You're always getting refereed to others.

'Ref or REF may refer to:

People with the name

• Ref, pseudonym of Belgian comics artist René Follet
• Ref Sanchez (1917–1986), American actor and photographer

Arts, entertainment, and media

• The Marriage Ref (U.S. TV series), 2010
• The Ref, a 1994 film

Organizations

• Rapid Equipping Force, or REF, a US Army unit
• Renewable Energy Foundation, or REF, an independent energy think-tank in the UK
• Réseau des Émetteurs Français, or REF, a French organization for amateur radio enthusiasts
• Roma Education Fund, or REF
• Reform UK, a British political party (abbreviated REF in election results)

Other uses

• Referee, or ref, in sport
• Research Excellence Framework, or REF, a UK higher education research impact evaluation
• Row echelon form, or REF, a possible form of a matrix
• Git reference, indicates the location of commits