Rain (disambiguation)

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Rain is a source of precipitation from clouds.

Rain may also refer to:

In computer science:

• Redundant Array of Inexpensive Nodes (RAIN), computer storage where the unit of redundancy is the node
• Rain ISP, an Internet Service Provider in Zahedan, Iran
• Channel bonding, also referred to as "redundant array of independent network interfaces" (RAIN)

In films:

• Rain (1929 film), directed by Joris Ivens
• Rain (1932 film), directed by Lewis Milestone
• Rain (2001 film), directed by Christine Jeffs
• Rain (2006 film), based on the novel by V. C. Andrews
• Rain (2007 film), starring Calvin Lockhart

In songs:

• "Rain" (The Beatles song), a 1966 single
• "Rain" (The Cult Song), a 1985 single by The Cult
• "Rain" (Dear Jayne song), a 2007 single by American girl group Dear Jayne
• "Rain" (Madonna song), a 1992 single by Madonna
• "Rain" (Status Quo song), a 1976 song by Status Quo from their album Blue for You
• "Rain" (Dragon song), a 1984 hit song by Dragon
• "Rain", a 1994 debut single by Glay from the album Hai to Diamond
• "Rain", by heavy metal band Samael from the 1996 album Passage
• "Rainfall", a 1996 single by the synthpop band A Flock of Seagulls (later re-issued in 2000).
• "Rain", by the metal band Trivium from the 2005 album Ascendancy
• "Rain", by Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano
  • "Rain", a 1969 reggae cover version by Bruce Ruffin
• "Rain", by rapper Chamillionaire featuring Scarface and Billy Cook
• "Rain", from the Japanese anime album Cowboy Bebop
• "Rain", a 1997 single by the R&B trio SWV on the album Release Some Tension
• "Rain", by Concrete Blonde from the 1993 album Mexican Moon
• "Rain", a 2005 single by alternative rock group Breaking Benjamin from the album We Are Not Alone
• "Rain", a 2005 single by Japanese pop singer EMYLI
• "Rain", by Japanese rock band Siam Shade
• "Rain", by American rock band KISS from the album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
• "Rain", a song by Gackt from the album Moon

In musical groups:

• RAIN (band), a Japanese instrumental rock band
• Stephanie de Sykes and Rain a British vocal group from the 1970's
• Rain: The Beatles Experience, a Beatles tribute band

Rain is the name of:

• Rain (Lech), Bavaria, Germany
• Rain, Lower Bavaria, Germany
• Rain, Switzerland

People with the name Rain:

• Rain (entertainer), Korean pop artist
• Rain Mako, former female boxer from New Zealand
• Rain Pryor, American entertainer
• Taylor Rain, American pornographic actress
• Bonnie Maxon, a female professional wrestler whose ring name is "Rain"

In fiction:

• Rain (Mortal Kombat), in Mortal Kombat media
• Rain Mikamura, a character in Mobile Fighter G Gundam media
• Rain Ocampo, from the Resident Evil film series played by Michelle Rodriguez
• Rain, paint mare, a horse in the 2002 animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• Rain the Healer, from the comic book Elfquest

In other uses:

• Rain (Joe Jackson album), a 2008 album by Joe Jackson
• Rain Vodka, a distilled vodka made of 100% organic white corn produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery
• "Rain" (short story), a short story by William Somerset Maugham

Rain is also the phonetic pronunciation of:

• RAINN, abbreviation of the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network

See also:

• The Rain (disambiguation)