Raid
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Raid or RAID may refer to:
- Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks, or RAID, a system of multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data.
- Raid (insecticide), a consumer insecticide marketed by S.C. Johnson & Son.
- Raid (military), a sudden attack behind an enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground. Raid originates in the Scots from of the word road.
- Raid (police action), when police invade a building or area.
- Raid (robbery), an organized group of robbers, usually with transportation.
- Raid (game maneuver), a sudden invasion by an allied group in a real life game (such as capture the flag) or in a simulated game. Raid in the context of computer games can also mean an instanced or outdoor encounter with a powerful opponent requiring a "raid group" of twenty or more players to defeat.
- Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business
- Rally racing, a form of automobile racing.
- Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion, a counter-terrorist unit of the French National Police
- Raid Script[link], a scripting language for the NewsRaider software to scrape websites into TomeRaider files
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