# Raw

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**Raw** is an adjective usually describing:

- [Raw materials](/source/Raw_material), basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
- [Raw food](/source/Raw_food), uncooked food

**Raw** or **RAW** may also refer to:

## Computing and electronics

- .RAW, a proprietary [mass spectrometry data format](/source/Mass_spectrometry_data_format)
- [Raw audio format](/source/Raw_audio_format), a file type used to represent sound in uncompressed form
- [Raw image format](/source/Raw_image_format), a variety of image files used by digital cameras, containing unprocessed data
- [Rawdisk](/source/Rawdisk), binary level disk access
- [Read after write](/source/Read_after_write), technologies used for CD-R and CD-RW
- [Read after write (RAW) hazard](/source/Hazard_(computer_architecture)#Read_after_write_(RAW)), a data dependency hazard considered in microprocessor architecture
- [Raw display](/source/Raw_display), a raw framed monitor.

## Film and television

- [Raw TV](/source/Raw_TV), a British TV production company
- [*Raw* (film)](/source/Raw_(film)), a 2016 film
- [*Raw* (TV series)](/source/Raw_(TV_series)), an Irish drama series
- *[Eddie Murphy Raw](/source/Eddie_Murphy_Raw)*, a 1987 live stand-up comedy recording
- *[Ramones: Raw](/source/Ramones:_Raw)*, a 2004 music documentary
- *[Raw FM](/source/Raw_FM)*, an Australian television series
- *[WWE Raw](/source/WWE_Raw)*, a weekly World Wrestling Entertainment program

## Games

- Rules as written, or RAW, the literal rules of a game, similar to the [letter of the law](/source/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law)
- [*WWF Raw* (1994 video game)](/source/WWF_Raw_(1994_video_game)), professional wrestling video game
- [*WWF Raw* (2002 video game)](/source/WWF_Raw_(2002_video_game)), professional wrestling video game
- *[WWE Raw 2](/source/WWE_Raw_2)*, Xbox professional wrestling video game
- [WWE video games](/source/WWE_video_games), category listing all games based on WWE RAW franchise and more

## Magazines

- [*Raw* (comics magazine)](/source/Raw_(comics_magazine)), comics magazine launched in 1980
- [*Raw* (music magazine)](/source/Raw_(music_magazine)), British magazine published by EMAP in the 1980s and 1990s
- *Raw Magazine*, published by World Wrestling Entertainment, see *[WWE Magazine](/source/WWE_Magazine)*

## Music

### Albums

- [*R.A.W.* (album)](/source/R.A.W._(album)), a 2000 album by Daz Dillinger
- [*RAW* (City Girls album)](/source/RAW_(City_Girls_album)), 2023
- [*Raw* (Alyson Williams album)](/source/Raw_(Alyson_Williams_album)), 1989
- [*Raw* (Crack the Sky album)](/source/Raw_(Crack_the_Sky_album)), 1986
- [*Raw* (Hopsin album)](/source/Raw_(Hopsin_album)), 2010
- [*Raw* (Jimmy Barnes album)](/source/Raw_(Jimmy_Barnes_album)), 2001
- [*Raw* (Juvenile album)](/source/Raw_(Juvenile_album)), 2005
- [*Raw* (Keith LeBlanc album)](/source/Raw_(Keith_LeBlanc_album)), 1990
- [*Raw* (Moxy album)](/source/Raw_(Moxy_album)), 2002
- [*Raw* (Ra album)](/source/Raw_(Ra_album)), 2006
- [*Raw* (Sex Pistols album)](/source/Raw_(Sex_Pistols_album)), recorded 1976, released 1997
- [*Raw* (Shannon Noll album)](/source/Raw_(Shannon_Noll_album)), 2021
- [*Raw* (The Alarm album)](/source/Raw_(The_Alarm_album)), 1991
- *[A Little More Personal (Raw)](/source/A_Little_More_Personal_(Raw))*, a 2005 album by Lindsay Lohan

### Songs

- ["Raw" (song)](/source/Raw_(song)), the lead single from Spandau Ballet's *Heart Like a Sky*
- "Raw", a song by Bad Meets Evil from the [*Southpaw* soundtrack](/source/Southpaw_(soundtrack))
- "Raw", a song by Staind from *[Dysfunction](/source/Dysfunction_(album))*
- "Raw Raw", a song by K.Flay from [*Mono*](/source/Mono_(K.Flay_album))

## People

- [Mr Raw](/source/Mr_Raw), (born 1975), stage name of rapper Okechukwu Edwards Ukeje
- [Robert Anton Wilson](/source/Robert_Anton_Wilson) (1932–2007), an American author.
- [The Mighty Raw](/source/The_Mighty_Raw), pseudonym of American musician Ron Wasserman (born 1961)
- [David Raw](/source/David_Raw) (born 1944), English cricketer
- [Harry Raw](/source/Harry_Raw) (born 1903), English footballer
- [Nathan Raw](/source/Nathan_Raw) (1866–1940), English physician and politician
- [Peter Raw](/source/Peter_Raw) (1922–1988), Royal Australian Air Force officer
- [Rowland Raw](/source/Rowland_Raw) (1884–1915), English cricketer
- [Simon Raw](/source/Simon_Raw) (born 1994), South African rugby union player
- [Sydney Raw](/source/Sydney_Raw) (1898–1967), Royal Navy vice admiral
- [Vanessa Raw](/source/Vanessa_Raw) (born 1984), English triathlete
- [Vause Raw](/source/Vause_Raw) (1921–2001), South African politician

## Organisations

- [Research and Analysis Wing](/source/Research_and_Analysis_Wing), or RAW, India's external intelligence agency
- [Rosa Antifa](/source/Rosa_Antifa) Wien, an Austrian left-wing action group

## Other uses

- [Raw, Northumberland](/source/Raw,_Northumberland), a former civil parish, now in [Brinkburn](/source/Brinkburn), England
- [Raw, North Yorkshire](/source/Raw,_North_Yorkshire), England
- [*Raw* (novel)](/source/Raw_(novel)), 1998 novel by Scott Monk
- [RAW (rolling papers)](/source/RAW_(rolling_papers)), hemp based rolling papers introduced in 2005
- [Raw (WWE brand)](/source/Raw_(WWE_brand)), one of the WWE brands
- [Radio Warwick](/source/Radio_Warwick), call letters RAW, the University of Warwick student radio station
- [Raw Comedy Award](/source/Raw_Comedy_Award), an Australian competition for stand-up comedians
- [Rifleman's assault weapon](/source/Rifleman's_assault_weapon), a rocket-propelled rifle-launched standoff munition
- [RAW (restaurant)](/source/RAW_(restaurant)), a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan

## See also

- [Raww](/source/Raww), an American music group
- [Rawe (disambiguation)](/source/Rawe_(disambiguation))
- [Rau (disambiguation)](/source/Rau_(disambiguation))

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