WAD

WAD, Wad, or wad can refer to:

File format

• Doom WAD file, package files for the id Tech 1 engine
• Wii WAD file, a file format used to package Channels for the Nintendo Wii
• Quake engine texture archive file

Person

• Wad (surname)
• William Addison Dwiggins, 20th century US type- and graphic designer known by his initials

Material

• wad, any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits
• wadding, disc of material used in guns to seal gas behind a projectile or to separate powder from shot

Other

• Ficus benghalensis or wad, also called Bengal fig, Indian fig, East Indian fig, Indian Banyan Banyan, borh
• Wadh, a town in Balochistan
• Weapons alert designator
• Wizarat-i Amaniyyat-i Dawlati (Ministry of State Security) the name of the KHAD, the Afghan secret service, after 1986.