Raw

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Raw, raw, or RAW may refer to:

Science and technology

• Raw material, the basic material from which product is manufactured or made
• Raw audio format, a file type used to represent sound as pulse-code modulation data
• Raw image format, a variety of standardized image files used by digital cameras containing the unprocessed data from the sensor
• .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry data format
• Rawdisk, a binary level disk access
• Read after write, technologies used for CD-R and CD-RW
• Read after write (hazard), a data dependency hazard considered in microprocessor architecture.
• Uncompressed audio, a variety of standardized audio files
• Uncompressed video or raw video, a data stream or file format used by digital video cameras

Entertainment and literature

People

• Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), American author
• Sydney Raw (1898–1967), vice admiral in the Royal Navy
• The Mighty RAW, American music artist, most commonly known as Ron Wasserman or Aaron Wates

Music

• "Raw", a song by Staind from Dysfunction
• "Raw", a song by Bad Meets Evil from the Southpaw soundtrack
• "Raw", the lead single from Spandau Ballet’s Heart Like a Sky
• R.A.W (album), a 2000 album by Daz Dillinger
• Raw (Alyson Williams album), a 1989 album by Alyson Williams
• Raw (Crack the Sky album), 1986
• Raw (Hopsin album), a 2010 album by Hopsin
• Raw (Jimmy Barnes album), a 2001 album by Jimmy Barnes
• Raw (Juvenile album), a 2005 compilation album by rapper Juvenile
• Raw (Ra album), a 2006 heavy metal live album by Ra
• Raw (The Alarm album), a 1991 album by The Alarm
• Raw (Moxy album), a 2002 live album by the Canadian hard rock band Moxy
• Raw (Sex Pistols album), a live album by the Sex Pistols from a 1976 show, released in 1997

Film and television

• Eddie Murphy Raw, a 1987 live stand-up comedy recording featuring Eddie Murphy
• Ramones: Raw, a 2004 music documentary featuring the Ramones
• Raw (film), a 2016 film
• Raw (TV series), an Irish drama series
• Raw FM, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation television series
• WWE Raw, a World Wrestling Entertainment program

Magazines and books

• Raw (magazine), an avant-garde alternative comics magazine launched in 1980
• Raw (music magazine), a heavy metal magazine published by EMAP in the 1980s and 1990s
• Raw (novel), a 1998 novel by Scott Monk

Other uses

• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW or R&AW), India's external intelligence agency
• Radio Warwick (RaW), the University of Warwick student radio station
• Raw Comedy Award, an Australian competition for stand-up comedians
• Raw (Aghalurcher), a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Raw (Magheraculmoney), a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Raw Engineering, a kit car manufacturer based in Shelwick, just north of Hereford, UK
• Raw foodism, practice of eating uncooked, unprocessed foods
• Reach All Women in War (RAW in WAR), a human rights organisation which focuses on stopping violence against women in war and conflicts
• Rifleman's Assault Weapon, a rocket propelled rifle launched standoff munition
• Rules as Written, the literal rules of a game, similar to the Letter of the Law