Raw Explained

Raw is an adjective usually describing:

Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
Raw food, uncooked food

Raw or RAW may also refer to:

Computing and electronics

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

Film and television

Raw TV, a British TV production company
Raw (film), a 2016 film
Raw (TV series), an Irish drama series
Eddie Murphy Raw, a 1987 live stand-up comedy recording
, a 2004 music documentary
Raw FM, an Australian television series
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
WWF Raw (1994 video game), professional wrestling video game
WWF Raw (2002 video game), professional wrestling video game
WWE Raw 2, Xbox professional wrestling video game
WWE video games, category listing all games based on WWE RAW franchise and more

Magazines

Raw (comics magazine), comics magazine launched in 1980
Raw (music magazine), British magazine published by EMAP in the 1980s and 1990s
Raw Magazine, published by World Wrestling Entertainment, see WWE Magazine

Music

Albums

R.A.W. (album), a 2000 album by Daz Dillinger
RAW (City Girls album), 2023
Raw (Alyson Williams album), 1989
Raw (Crack the Sky album), 1986
Raw (Hopsin album), 2010
Raw (Jimmy Barnes album), 2001
Raw (Juvenile album), 2005
Raw (Keith LeBlanc album), 1990
Raw (Moxy album), 2002
Raw (Ra album), 2006
Raw (Sex Pistols album), recorded 1976, released 1997
Raw (Shannon Noll album), 2021
Raw (The Alarm album), 1991
A Little More Personal (Raw), a 2005 album by Lindsay Lohan

Songs

"Raw" (song), the lead single from Spandau Ballet's Heart Like a Sky
"Raw", a song by Bad Meets Evil from the Southpaw soundtrack
"Raw", a song by Staind from Dysfunction
"Raw Raw", a song by K.Flay from Mono

People

Mr Raw, (born 1975), stage name of rapper Okechukwu Edwards Ukeje
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), an American author.
The Mighty Raw, pseudonym of American musician Ron Wasserman
David Raw (born 1944), English cricketer
Harry Raw (born 1903), English footballer
Nathan Raw (1866–1940), English physician and politician
Peter Raw (1922–1988), Royal Australian Air Force officer
Rowland Raw (1884–1915), English cricketer
Simon Raw (born 1994), South African rugby union player
Steve Raw (born 1966), English darts player
Sydney Raw (1898–1967), Royal Navy vice admiral
Vanessa Raw (born 1984), English triathlete
Vause Raw (1921–2001), South African politician

Organisation

Research and Analysis Wing, or RAW, India's external intelligence agency
Rosa Antifa Wien, an Austrian left-wing action group

Other uses

Raw, Northumberland, a former civil parish, now in Brinkburn, England
Raw, North Yorkshire, England
Raw (novel), 1998 novel by Scott Monk
RAW (rolling papers), hemp based rolling papers introduced in 2005
Raw (WWE brand), one of the WWE brands
Radio Warwick, call letters RAW, the University of Warwick student radio station
Raw Comedy Award, an Australian competition for stand-up comedians
Rifleman's assault weapon, a rocket-propelled rifle-launched standoff munition

See also