Raid
Encyclopedia
Raid or RAID may refer to:
- RAIDRAIDRAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit...
(Redundant Array of Independent Disks), a system of multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data - Raid (insecticide)Raid (insecticide)Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticides produced by SC Johnson, first launched in 1956.The initial active ingredient was the first synthetic pyrethroid, allethrin...
, a consumer insecticide marketed by S.C. Johnson & Son - Raid (military)Raid (military)Raid, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to the enemy forces being...
, a sudden attack behind an enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground - Raid (gaming)Raid (gaming)A raid is a type of mission in a video game in which a very large number of people attempt to defeat a boss monster...
, a type of mission in a video game where a very large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy - Police raid, a police action involving the entering of a house with the intent to capture personnel or evidence, which takes place early in the morning
- Corporate raidCorporate raidA corporate raid is an American English business term for buying a large interest in a corporation and then using voting rights to enact measures directed at increasing the share value...
, a type of hostile takeover in business - RAIDRecherche Assistance Intervention DissuasionRecherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion or RAID is, like the GIPN, a Special Operations tactical unit of the National Police with more manpower and equipment...
(Recherche Assistance Intervention DissuasionRecherche Assistance Intervention DissuasionRecherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion or RAID is, like the GIPN, a Special Operations tactical unit of the National Police with more manpower and equipment...
), an anti-terrorist unit of the French National PoliceFrench National PoliceThe National Police , formerly the Sûreté Nationale, is one of two national police forces and the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns. The other main agency is the military Gendarmerie, with primary jurisdiction in smaller towns and rural... - Panty raidPanty raidA panty raid is a prank in which male students steal the panties of female students by intruding into their living quarters. The term dates to February 1949...
, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies - Raid (band)Raid (band)Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge hardcore band that formed from the ashes of the band One Way. Along with the Californian band Vegan Reich and the English band 'Statement', Raid helped pioneer the Vegan straight edge movement and the Hardline lifestyle and ideology.Their music was loud,...
, a Tennessee based band - RAID (NGO)RAID (NGO)RAID is an abbreviation of Rights & Accountability in Development. It is a Non-governmental organization, or NGO, based in Oxford, England. It was founded in 1997, with the aim of promoting "a rights-based approach to development".- Work :...
(Rights & Accountability in Development), a UK-based organization - "Raid", a song by LakesideLakeside (band)Lakeside is a funk band, best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit, "Fantastic Voyage."-Formation and early years:In early 1969, The Nomads, a singing quartet consisting of lead singer Mark Wood; Tiemeyer McCain; Tony White; and Brian Marbury, met the Montereys, a band that featured Stephen...
on the album Untouchables - RobberyRobberyRobbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take something of value by force or threat of force or by putting the victim in fear. At common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear....
- Alternate way of spelling the Arabic name RaedRaed-Given name:*Raed Arafat , Syrian-born Palestinian refugee and Romanian physician*Raed Elhamali, Libyan-American basketball player*Raed Hijazi, Canadian terrorist*Raed Jarrar, Iraqi-born architect, blogger, and political advocate...
- A sail and oar adventure race for small boats
- In a Project Management framework, RAID stands for Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies
Films
- The RaidThe RaidThe Raid is a Technicolor 1954 American film set during the American Civil War. It stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone and Lee Marvin. In 1864 a group of Confederate prisoners held in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburg, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border, escape. They...
, a 1954 American film - Raid (film)Raid (film)Raid is a 2003 Finnish crime film directed by Tapio Piirainen. The film and the 2000 television series of the same name are both based on the novel series Raid by Harri Nykänen, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film and the TV series with Piirainen.- Cast :* Kai Lehtinen as Raid* Mari...
, a 2003 Finnish film - The Raid (2011 film)The Raid (2011 film)The Raid or Serbuan Maut is an Indonesian martial arts action film directed by Welsh Director Gareth Evans and starring Iko Uwais which is set for a 2012 release. This is the second collaboration of Evans and Uwais after their first action film, Merantau released in 2009. Both movies showcase...
, a 2011 Indonesian film