# Rand

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**Rand** may refer to:

## Money and business

- [South African rand](/source/South_African_rand), the nation's unit of currency
- [Krugerrand](/source/Krugerrand), South African gold coin
- [Reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing](/source/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing), type of licensing used in the context of standardisation processes
- [Rand formula](/source/Rand_formula), formula in Canadian labour law
- [Randlord](/source/Randlord), term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase

## Places

- [Rand, New South Wales](/source/Rand,_New_South_Wales), small town in Australia
- [Rand, Lincolnshire](/source/Rand,_Lincolnshire), small village in Lincolnshire, England
- [Brussels Periphery](/source/Brussels_Periphery) (Flemish territory around the city called *Rand rond Brussel* in Dutch, commonly shortened to *de Rand*)

### South Africa

- [Witwatersrand](/source/Witwatersrand), escarpment running through Gauteng region, South Africa; commonly shortened to *the Rand* (*die Rand* in Afrikaans), and associated urban area ([Greater Johannesburg](/source/Greater_Johannesburg)) - [East Rand](/source/East_Rand), urban eastern part of the Witwatersrand - [West Rand](/source/West_Rand), urban western part of the Witwatersrand
- [Randburg](/source/Randburg), area in Gauteng province
- [Midrand](/source/Midrand), area in Gauteng province
- [Randfontein](/source/Randfontein), a town in Gauteng province

### United States

- [Randsburg, California](/source/Randsburg,_California)
- [Rand, Colorado](/source/Rand,_Colorado), an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado
- [Rand, Texas](/source/Rand,_Texas), an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas
- [Rand, West Virginia](/source/Rand,_West_Virginia), a census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia

## People

- [Rand (given name)](/source/Rand_(given_name))
- [Rand (surname)](/source/Rand_(surname))
- [Ayn Rand](/source/Ayn_Rand), Russian-American novelist and philosopher
- [Rand Paul](/source/Rand_Paul), American politician and former ophthalmologist
- [Rand (Robotech)](/source/Rand_(Robotech)), character from the fictional Third Robotech War
- [Rand al'Thor](/source/Rand_al'Thor), main protagonist in *The Wheel of Time* series by Robert Jordan

## Organizations

- [RAND Corporation](/source/RAND_Corporation), an American think tank
- [Ayn Rand Institute](/source/Ayn_Rand_Institute), an American think tank
- [Rand Refinery](/source/Rand_Refinery), the world's largest gold refinery
- [Remington Rand](/source/Remington_Rand), American computer firm and general manufacturer
- [Ingersoll Rand](/source/Ingersoll_Rand), diversified American industrial firm
- [Rand McNally](/source/Rand_McNally), American map publisher and printer
- [Sperry Rand](/source/Sperry_Rand), American equipment and electronics company
- [Rand Club](/source/Rand_Club), the oldest members club in Johannesburg
- [Rand Afrikaans University](/source/Rand_Afrikaans_University), a defunct university that is now part of the University of Johannesburg

## Science and technology

- rand, any of a number of [pseudorandom number generator](/source/Pseudorandom_number_generator) functions in various programming languages
- [Rand index](/source/Rand_index), technique for measuring the similarity between two data clusters
- [R Andromedae](/source/R_Andromedae) (R And), a variable star
- [Rand Airport](/source/Rand_Airport), an airport near Johannesburg

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