{{wiktionary|Read|read}} {{sisterlinks}} '''Read''' or '''READ''' may refer to:

==Computing== * Read (computer), to retrieve data from a storage device * Read (system call), a low-level IO function on a file descriptor in a computer * Read (Unix), a command in Unix operating systems

==Places== * Read, Lancashire, England, a village * Read, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community * Read Township, Clayton County, Iowa, United States * Read Township, Butler County, Nebraska, United States * Read Mountains, Coats Land, Antarctica * Mount Read, a mountain in Tasmania, Australia * Read Island, British Columbia, Canada

==People== * Read (surname), including a list of people with this surname * Read Montague (born 1960) American neuroscientist and popular science author * Read Viemeister (1922–1993), American industrial designer * Miss Read (1913–2012), pen name of British author Dora Jessie Saint

== READ == * Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1999 * READ Global, a non-profit organization operating in rural South Asia * READ International, a charity that aims to improve access to education in East Africa * Rural Educational and Development Foundation, a not-for-profit educational network in rural Pakistan * Reading Education Assistance Dogs, an organization promoting literacy using therapy dogs

==Other uses== * Read (automobile), an American car manufactured from 1913 to 1915 * Read (biology), an inferred sequence of base pairs of a DNA fragment * Read codes, a standard clinical terminology system used in General Practice in the United Kingdom * Read Bridge, Singapore * ''Read'' (magazine), a children's magazine * Read School (disambiguation) * Read (theatre), to perform the dialog of a play * Read (transgender), a term in gender identity * Chicago-Read Mental Health Center in Chicago, Illinois * ''The Read'', a weekly one-hour pop culture podcast * Arthur Read, a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark

== See also == * Read's Island, Humber Estuary, England * Reads (disambiguation) * Reading (disambiguation) * Reed (disambiguation) * Reid (disambiguation) * Redd (disambiguation) * Red (disambiguation) * Rede (disambiguation) * Rhead * Reade (disambiguation) * {{look from}}

{{Disambiguation|geo|given name}} Category:English-language masculine given names Category:Masculine given names