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{{wiktionary|raw}}

'''Raw''' describes [[material]] that is in its [[natural]] unprocessed form, or has not had the final stages of processing. For example, ''raw food'' refers to [[food]] that has not been [[cooking|cook]]ed, and ''raw silk'' is the term for unprocessed [[silk]]. ''Raw'' also has [[symbol]]ic meaning. See [[Claude Levi-Strauss]]' ''[[The Raw and the Cooked]]''.

'''Raw''' is an adjective usually describing:

* [[Raw material]]s, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made

* [[Raw food]], uncooked food

'''Raw''' or '''RAW''' may also refersrefer to:

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==Computing and electronics==

* [[Research and Analysis Wing]], the external Indian intelligence wing

* .RAW, a proprietary [[mass spectrometry data format]]

* the [[Sierra Club]] newsletter ''RAW''

* [[Raw audio format]], a file type used to represent sound in uncompressed form

* ''Read After Write'': technologies such as CD-R and CD-RW which allow reading data immediately after writing, as opposed to CD-ROMs which usually go through mass replication before it can be read

* an [[RAWRaw image file|image fileformat]], a variety of image files used by [[digital camera|digital cameras]], containing the unprocessed data from the sensor

* [[Rawdisk]], binary level disk access

* part of the name of various events from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], e.g. ''[[Monday Night RAW]]''

* [[Read after write]], technologies used for CD-R and CD-RW

* the name of various [[bar (establishment)|bar]]s and [[nightclub]]s

* [[Hazard (computer architecture)#Read after write (RAW)|Read after write (RAW) hazard]], a data dependency hazard considered in microprocessor architecture

* a [[television series]] named ''[[RAW FM]]'', produced by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] [http://www.abc.net.au/raw/]

* [[Raw display]], a raw framed monitor.

* an [[Australia]]n [[narrowcast]] radio network named ''RawFM'' [http://www.rawfm.com.au/]

* a [[comix]] [[anthology]] named [[Raw (comics)|''Raw'']], edited by [[Art Spiegelman]]

* the '''R'''ules '''a'''s '''W'''ritten

==Film and television==

{{Disambig}}

* [[Raw TV]], a British TV production company

* [[Raw (film)|''Raw'' (film)]], a 2016 film

* [[Raw (TV series)|''Raw'' (TV series)]], an Irish drama series

* ''[[Eddie Murphy Raw]]'', a 1987 live stand-up comedy recording

* ''[[Ramones: Raw]]'', a 2004 music documentary

* ''[[Raw FM]]'', an Australian television series

* ''[[WWE Raw]]'', a weekly World Wrestling Entertainment program

==Games==

[[de:roh]]

* Rules as written, or RAW, the literal rules of a game, similar to the [[Letter and spirit of the law|letter of the law]]

[[simple:Raw]]

* [[WWF Raw (1994 video game)|''WWF Raw'' (1994 video game)]], professional wrestling video game

* [[WWF Raw (2002 video game)|''WWF Raw'' (2002 video game)]], professional wrestling video game

* ''[[WWE Raw 2]]'', Xbox professional wrestling video game

* [[WWE video games]], category listing all games based on WWE RAW franchise and more

==Magazines==

* [[Raw (comics magazine)|''Raw'' (comics magazine)]], comics magazine launched in 1980

* [[Raw (music magazine)|''Raw'' (music magazine)]], British magazine published by EMAP in the 1980s and 1990s

* ''Raw Magazine'', published by World Wrestling Entertainment, see ''[[WWE Magazine]]''

==Music==

===Albums===

* [[R.A.W. (album)|''R.A.W.'' (album)]], a 2000 album by Daz Dillinger

* [[RAW (City Girls album)|''RAW'' (City Girls album)]], 2023

* [[Raw (Alyson Williams album)|''Raw'' (Alyson Williams album)]], 1989

* [[Raw (Crack the Sky album)|''Raw'' (Crack the Sky album)]], 1986

* [[Raw (Hopsin album)|''Raw'' (Hopsin album)]], 2010

* [[Raw (Jimmy Barnes album)|''Raw'' (Jimmy Barnes album)]], 2001

* [[Raw (Juvenile album)|''Raw'' (Juvenile album)]], 2005

* [[Raw (Keith LeBlanc album)|''Raw'' (Keith LeBlanc album)]], 1990

* [[Raw (Moxy album)|''Raw'' (Moxy album)]], 2002

* [[Raw (Ra album)|''Raw'' (Ra album)]], 2006

* [[Raw (Sex Pistols album)|''Raw'' (Sex Pistols album)]], recorded 1976, released 1997

* [[Raw (Shannon Noll album)|''Raw'' (Shannon Noll album)]], 2021

* [[Raw (The Alarm album)|''Raw'' (The Alarm album)]], 1991

* ''[[A Little More Personal (Raw)]]'', a 2005 album by Lindsay Lohan

===Songs===

* [[Raw (song)|"Raw" (song)]], the lead single from Spandau Ballet's ''Heart Like a Sky''

* "Raw", a song by Bad Meets Evil from the [[Southpaw (soundtrack)|''Southpaw'' soundtrack]]

* "Raw", a song by Staind from ''[[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]]''

* "Raw Raw", a song by K.Flay from [[Mono (K.Flay album)|''Mono'']]

==People==

* [[Mr Raw]], (born 1975), stage name of rapper Okechukwu Edwards Ukeje

* [[Robert Anton Wilson]] (1932–2007), an American author.

* [[The Mighty Raw]], pseudonym of American musician Ron Wasserman (born 1961)

* [[David Raw]] (born 1944), English cricketer

* [[Harry Raw]] (born 1903), English footballer

* [[Nathan Raw]] (1866–1940), English physician and politician

* [[Peter Raw]] (1922–1988), Royal Australian Air Force officer

* [[Rowland Raw]] (1884–1915), English cricketer

* [[Simon Raw]] (born 1994), South African rugby union player

* [[Sydney Raw]] (1898–1967), Royal Navy vice admiral

* [[Vanessa Raw]] (born 1984), English triathlete

* [[Vause Raw]] (1921–2001), South African politician

==Organisation==

* [[Research and Analysis Wing]], or RAW, India's external intelligence agency

* [[Rosa Antifa]] Wien, an Austrian left-wing action group

== Other uses ==

* [[Raw, Northumberland]], a former civil parish, now in [[Brinkburn]], England

* [[Raw, North Yorkshire]], England

* [[Raw (novel)|''Raw'' (novel)]], 1998 novel by Scott Monk

* [[RAW (rolling papers)]], hemp based rolling papers introduced in 2005

* [[Raw (WWE brand)]], one of the WWE brands

* [[Radio Warwick]], call letters RAW, the University of Warwick student radio station

* [[Raw Comedy Award]], an Australian competition for stand-up comedians

* [[Rifleman's assault weapon]], a rocket-propelled rifle-launched standoff munition

* [[RAW (restaurant)]], a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan

== See also ==

* [[Raww]], an American music group

* [[Rawe (disambiguation)]]

* [[Rau (disambiguation)]]

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