Rain (disambiguation)

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The word rain refers to many things:

• Rain is a form of precipitation in which liquid drops of water fall toward the surface of the earth.

Contents 1 Computing 2 Films 3 Games 4 People 5 Fictional character 6 Places 7 Songs 8 Other 9 See also

[edit] Computing

• RAIN in computer networking stands for "redundant array of independent network interfaces." It is also referred to as channel bonding.
• RAIN in computer storage stands for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Nodes." Similar to RAID, but the unit of redundancy is the node rather than the hard disk.

[edit] Films

• Rain is a 1929 film directed by Joris Ivens.
• Rain is a 1932 film directed by Lewis Milestone.
• Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 Hollywood musical film.
• Rain Man is a 1988 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
• Rain is a 2001 film directed by Christine Jeffs.
• Rain is a 2005 Bollywood film directed by Amol Shetge.
• Rain is a 2006 film based on the novel by VC Andrews released in 2000.

[edit] Games

• Rain is an upcoming video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
• Rain, Rain, Go Away is a nursery rhyme.
• Rain is a character in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.

[edit] People

• Rain (also known as Jeong Ji-hun) is a Korean pop singer.
• Rain Mako is a former female boxer from New Zealand.
• Taylor Rain is an American porn star.
• Rain Li is a Hong Kong actress and singer.
• Rain is the ring name of female professional wrestler Bonnie Maxon.

[edit] Fictional character

• Rain the Healer is a fictional male Wolfrider elf in the comic book Elfquest, deceased before the start of the main storyline but seen in several flashbacks.
• Rain Mikamura is a character in the anime series G Gundam.
• Rain Ocampo starring Michelle Rodriguez is a character in fictional movie Resident Evil.
• Rain, paint mare is Little Creek's companion horse in the DreamWorks Pictures' 2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron animation movie
• Rain is a character in the video game series Mortal Kombat.

[edit] Places

• Rain (Lech) is a town in the district of Donau-Ries, Bavaria.
• Rain, Lower Bavaria is a town in the district of Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria.
• Rain, Switzerland is a village in the Hochdorf district, Lucerne canton, Switzerland.

[edit] Songs

• "Rain" is a 1966 single by The Beatles.
• "Rain" is a 1976 song by the rock band Status Quo.
• "Rain" is a 1984 hit song by Dragon.
• "Rain" is the fifth single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.
• "Rain" is a 1994 debut single by Japanese rock band Glay
• "Rain" is a song by the heavy metal band Samael on the 1996 album Passage.
• "Rain" is a song by the metal band Trivium on the 2005 album Ascendancy.
• "Rain" is a song by Jose Feliciano.
• "Rain" is a reggae version of the Jose Feliciano song by Bruce Ruffin.
• "Rain" is a song by Chamillionaire featuring Scarface and Billy Cook.
• "Rain" is a song from TV animation Cowboy Bebop by Yoko Kanno.
• "Rain" is a song by SWV.
• "Rain" is the fifth song on the album Mexican Moon by Concrete Blonde.
• "Rain" is a song by the fusion jazz group called The Rippingtons.
• "Rain" is a song by rock and alternative group Breaking Benjamin.
• "Rain" is a song by Japanese singer EMYLI.
• "Rain" is a song by Japanese visual-kei band Siam Shade

[edit] Other

• Rain is a short story by William Somerset Maugham.
• After Rain is a short story as well as the title of a book with the same title by William Trevor.

[edit] See also

• The Rain (disambiguation)