# 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

## People
### 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