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	Rand may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms: Places Rand, New South Wales Rand, New South Wales Rand is a town in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Urana Shire Council Local Government Areas in Australia.... , a small town in Australia Rand, Lincolnshire Rand, Lincolnshire Rand is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately north east of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire and approximately west of Wragby, just off the A158 road from Lincoln to Skegness in the East Midlands region.... , a small village in Lincolnshire, England Rand, Colorado Rand, Colorado Rand is an unincorporated area and a United States Postal Service in Jackson County, Colorado, Colorado, United States. A ranching community at the southern end of North Park south of Walden, Colorado, it consists of several homes, businesses, a post office, and ranching facilities.... , 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 Randsburg, California Randsburg is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, California, United States. The population was 77 at the 2000 census.... The Witwatersrand Witwatersrand The Witwatersrand is a low, sedimentary range of hills, at an elevation of 1700-1800 metres above sea-level, which runs in an east-west direction through Gauteng in South Africa.... , a ridge that runs through Gauteng, South Africa, which includes the East Rand and West Rand People Can be a shortform reference to names containing it such as Bertrand Bertrand Bertrand is a popular name both as a given name and surname:... Ayn Rand Ayn Rand Ayn Rand , was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism .... , American writer and philosopher Austin L. Rand Austin L. Rand Austin Loomer Rand was a Canada zoology.He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia in 1905 and grew up in nearby Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He received a Bachelor of Science from Acadia University, an institution which also awarded him an honorary DSc degree in 1961.... , Canadian zoologist Ivan Rand Ivan Rand Ivan Cleveland Rand, Order of Canada was a Canada lawyer, politician, academic, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Moncton, the son of Nelson Rand and Minnie Turner, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University in 1909.... , Supreme Court of Canada justice who introduced the Rand formula James Rand, Jr. James Rand, Jr. James Henry Rand, Jr. was an United States Business magnate who revolutionized the business record industry. He founded Remington Rand, an office equipment and office supplies firm which later merged with his father's company, the Remington Rand.... , American industrialist and president of Remington Rand Mary Rand Mary Rand Mary Denise Rand, Member of the Order of the British Empire, is a former England Athletics . She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, becoming the first-ever British female to win an Olympic gold medal in a track and field event.... , British athlete and Olympic champion Paul Rand Paul Rand Paul Rand , born Peretz Rosenbaum, was an American graphic designer, best known for his corporate Logotype designs. Rand was educated at the Pratt Institute , and the Art Students League of New York .... , American graphic designer Rand Miller Rand Miller Rand Miller co-founded Cyan with brother Robyn Miller and became famous from the unexpected success of their computer game Myst, which remained the number one-selling game for the remainder of the 1990s.... , co-creater of computer game Myst Rose Rand Rose Rand Rose Rand A logician and a Philosopher. A member of the Vienna Circle.Rand was born in Lemberg . After her family moved to Austria she studied at the Polish Gymnasium in Vienna.... , Logician and Philosopher, member of the Vienna Circle Sally Rand Sally Rand Sally Rand was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County, Missouri. She also performed under the name Billie Beck. She was a erotic dancer and actor, most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance.... , actor and dancer Shuli Rand Shuli Rand Shalom "Shuli" Rand is an Israeli film actor and singer. He is a Haredi Judaism and is best known in the English-speaking world for his role as the protagonist in Ushpizin .... and Michal Batsheva Rand, husband and wife, Israeli actors William H. Rand, founder of Rand McNally Rand McNally Rand McNally is the preeminent United States publisher of maps, atlases, and globes for travel, reference, commercial, and educational uses. It also provides online consumer street maps and directions, as well as commercial transportation routing software and mileage data.... Fictional characters Rand al'Thor Rand al'Thor Rand al'Thor, the Dragon , is the protagonist and main character of The Wheel of Time, a series of fantasy novels by Robert Jordan.Rand al'Thor has many other titles:... , 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 Janice Rand Yeoman Janice Rand, played by Grace Lee Whitney, is a character in the Star Trek: The Original Series. The character subsequently appears in several Star Trek films and in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager.... , a character in the Star Trek universe Iron Fist (comics) (Daniel Rand), a Marvel Comics character Ben Rand, a character from Being There (1979) performed by Melvyn Douglas Companies and organizations The RAND Rand Rand may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms:... Corporation, an American think tank The Ayn Rand Institute Ayn Rand Institute The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism is a 501 nonprofit think tank in Irvine, California that promotes Ayn Rand's philosophy, called Objectivism .... , an American think tank Remington Rand Remington Rand Remington Rand was an early United States business machines manufacturer, best known originally as a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation as the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers but with antecedents in Remington Arms in the early nineteenth century.... , an American computer firm and general manufacturer Sperry Rand, an American equipment and electronics company Ingersoll-Rand, a diversified American industrial firm Rand McNally Rand McNally Rand McNally is the preeminent United States publisher of maps, atlases, and globes for travel, reference, commercial, and educational uses. It also provides online consumer street maps and directions, as well as commercial transportation routing software and mileage data.... , an American map publisher and printer Abbreviation or acronym In computer science, any of a number of pseudorandom number generator Pseudorandom number generator A pseudorandom number generator is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers that approximates the properties of random numbers. The sequence is not truly random in that it is completely determined by a relatively small set of initial values, called the PRNG's state. Although sequences that are closer to truly random can be gen... functions Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing is a term for a type of licensing typically used during standardization processes. The normal case is that when joining the standardization body, companies agree that if they receive any patents on technologies which become essential patent to the standard then they agree to allow other groups att... , a type of licensing used during a standardisation process Other uses South African rand South African rand The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found.... , the national currency of South Africa (abbreviation: R, ISO-4217-Code: ZAR), the Rand is also widely accepted as currency in Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast. It shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south.... and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east.... Rand index Rand index In statistics, and in particular in data clustering, the Rand index or Rand measure is a measure of the similarity between two data clusterings.... , a technique for measuring the similarity between two data clusters Rand formula Rand formula In Canadian labour law, the Rand formula is a workplace situation where the payment of trade union dues is mandatory regardless of the worker's union status.... , a formula in Canadian labor law Abbreviation for "random" See also Krugerrand Krugerrand A Krugerrand is a South African gold coin, first minted in 1967 in order to help market South African gold. The coins have legal tender status in South Africa but are not actually intended to be used as currency; thus it is regarded as a medal-coin.... , a South African gold coin Randlord Randlord Randlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I.... , a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase