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'''Rand''' may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms:
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==Places==
* [[Rand, New South Wales]], a small town in Australia
* [[Rand, Lincolnshire]], a small village in Lincolnshire, England
* [[Rand, Colorado]], a small unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado, U.S.
* [[Rand Mining District]], an area in Kern County, California, containing, ''inter alia'', the town of [[Randsburg, California]]
* The ''[[Witwatersrand]]'', a ridge that runs through Gauteng, South Africa, which includes the [[East Rand]] and [[West Rand]]
==People==
* [[Ayn Rand]], American writer and philosopher
* [[Austin L. Rand]], Canadian zoologist
* [[Ivan Rand]], Supreme Court of Canada justice who introduced the Rand formula
* [[James Rand, Jr.]], American industrialist and president of Remington Rand
* [[Mary Rand]], British athlete and Olympic champion
* [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer
* [[Rose Rand]], Logician and Philosopher, member of the Vienna Circle
* [[Sally Rand]], actor and dancer
* [[Shuli Rand]] and Michal Batsheva Rand, husband and wife, Israeli actors
* William H. Rand, founder of [[Rand McNally]]
===Fictional characters===
* [[Rand al'Thor]], the main character in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' fantasy fiction series
* [[Rand (Robotech)]], a character from the fictional Third Robotech War
* [[Atton Rand]], a character from ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II''
* [[Janice Rand]], a character in the ''Star Trek'' universe
* [[Iron Fist (comics)]] (Daniel Rand), a Marvel Comics character
==Companies and organizations==
* The [[RAND]] Corporation, an American think tank
* The [[Ayn Rand Institute]], an American think tank
* [[Remington Rand]], an American computer firm and general manufacturer
* [[Sperry Rand]], an American equipment and electronics company
* [[Ingersoll-Rand]], a diversified American industrial firm
* [[Rand McNally]], an American map publisher and printer
==Abbreviation or acronym==
* In computer science, any of a number of [[pseudorandom number generator]] functions
* [[Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing]], a type of licensing used during a standardisation process
==Other uses==
* [[South African rand]], the national currency of South Africa (abbreviation: R, ISO-4217-Code: ZAR), the Rand is also wdely accepted as currency in Namibia
* [[Rand index]], a technique for measuring the similarity between two data clusters
* [[Rand formula]], a formula in Canadian labor law
==See also==
* [[James Randi]], American stage magician and skeptic
* [[Krugerrand]], a South African gold coin
* [[Randlord]], a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase
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