RAD

RAD or Rad may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

 * Rad (film), a 1986 American sports film
 * Rad (character), a villain in AC Comics's "Femforce"
 * Rad Spencer, fictional character in the Bionic Commando video game series
 * Bradley "Rad" White, fictional character in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy
 * Rad (My-Otome), a fictional manga character
 * Rad (video game), 2019
 * Robot Alchemic Drive, a video game
 * Rad (journal), a Croatian academic journal

Businesses and organisations

 * Rad Aviation, a defunct British aircraft manufacturer
 * RAD Group, a number of independent companies in the networking and telecommunications industry
 * RAD Data Communications, an Israeli networking equipment manufacturer
 * RAD Game Tools, a video game developer
 * Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst), a paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany
 * Rezvani Automotive Designs, American performance car manufacturer
 * Rite Aid, New York Stock Exchange stock symbol RAD
 * Royal Academy of Dance, British examination board for dance education and training
 * Royal Association for Deaf people, British charity

Given name or nickname

 * Rad Dougall (Robert Anthony Dougall, born 1951), South African racing driver
 * Rad Hourani (born 1982), Canadian fashion designer and artist
 * Rad Kortenhorst (Leonardus Gerardus Kortenhorst, 1886–1963), Dutch politician
 * Rad Martinez (born 1978), American mixed martial artist
 * Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters (1920–2015), nicknamed Rad, Canadian Army officer
 * Rad Radford, a ring name of American wrestler Louis Mucciolo Jr. (1971–1998)

Surname

 * Jahon Rad (born 2001), American soccer player, twin brother of Kaveh Rad
 * Jovana Rad (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
 * Kaveh Rad (born 2001), American soccer player, twin brother of Jahon Rad
 * Taras Rad (born 1999), Ukrainian Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete

Places

 * Rád, a village in Pest county, Hungary
 * Rad (village), in Trebišov District, Slovakia
 * Radnorshire, historic county in Wales
 * Allegheny Regional Asset District, a special purpose unit of local government in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Science and technology

 * Radian, symbol rad, a unit of angle
 * Rad (radiation unit), a unit of absorbed radiation dose
 * Radiation assessment detector, a scientific instrument on board the Curiosity rover
 * Radical of an integer, $rad (x)$, in number theory
 * Rapid application development, a software development approach
 * Reactive attachment disorder, an emotional disorder
 * Reflex anal dilation, the reflexive dilation of the human anus
 * Relative abundance distribution, a measure of biodiversity
 * Restriction site associated DNA markers, a type of genetic marker
 * Right axis deviation, a heart condition
 * .rad file format, for Radiance (software)

Other uses

 * Rad (rune), an Anglo-Saxon rune
 * Rade language, ISO 639-3 language code rad
 * Radley railway station, England, station code RAD
 * Rental Assistance Demonstration, an American federal public housing program
 * Researchers Alliance for Development, a World Bank multidisciplinary network of researchers
 * Rules for Archival Description, the Canadian archival descriptive standard
 * FK Rad, a Serbian football club