Band or BAND may refer to:

Places

Bánd Bánd is a village in Veszprém (county), Veszprém county, Hungary. References External links Street map (Hungarian)
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, a village in Hungary * Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

People

* Band (surname), various people with the surname

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Musical ensemble A musical ensemble, also known as a music group, musical group, or a band is a group of people who perform Instrumental music, instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist ...

, a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music ** Band (rock and pop), a small ensemble that plays rock or pop **

Concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind instrument, woodwind, brass ...

, an ensemble of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments ** Dansband, band playing popular music for a partner-dancing audience ** Jazz band, a musical ensemble that plays jazz music ** Marching band, a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors ** School band, a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music * The Band, a Canadian-American rock and roll group ** ''The Band'' (album), The Band's eponymous 1969 album * "Bands" (song), by American rapper Comethazine *"The Band", a 2002 single by Mando Diao

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

*Band, nickname of Brazilian television network

Rede Bandeirantes Rede Bandeirantes (, ''Bandeirantes Network''), or simply known as Band (), is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It began broadcasting on May 13, 1967 on VHF channel 13 in São Paulo. Its founder was businessman :pt:João Saad, Jo ...

* ''The Band'' (film), a 1978 Israeli film * ''The Band'' (musical), a 2017 musical by Tim Firth with the music of Take That * "Band" (''Not Going Out''), a 2012 television episode

Clothing, jewelry, and accessories

* Armband or arm band **

Smart band A fitness tracker or activity tracker is an electronic device or app that measures and collects data about an individual's movements and physical responses in order to monitor and improve the individual's health, fitness, or psychological wellne ...

a band with electronic component ***

Microsoft Band Microsoft Band is a discontinued smart band with smartwatch and activity tracker/ fitness tracker features, created and developed by Microsoft. It was announced on October 29, 2014. The Microsoft Band incorporates fitness tracking and health-o ...

, a smart band with smartwatch features from the software giant *

Bandolier A bandolier / bandoleer or a bando is a pocketed belt (clothing), belt for holding either individual Cartridge (firearms), cartridges, belt (firearms), belts of ammunition or United States 40 mm grenades, grenades. It is usually slung sash-styl ...

or bandoleer, an ammunition belt *

Bands (neckwear) Bands are a form of formal neckwear, worn by some clergy and lawyers, and with some forms of academic dress. They take the form of two oblong pieces of cloth, usually though not invariably white, which are tied to the neck. When worn by clergy, th ...

, two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics, and lawyers *

Belt (clothing) A belt is a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather, plastic, or heavy cloth, worn around the natural waist or near it (as far down as the hips). The ends of a belt are free; and a buckle forms the belt into a loop by securing one en ...

, a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist *

Strap A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of leather or other flexible materials. Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag. See for example spaghetti strap, s ...

, an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather *

Wedding band A wedding ring or wedding band is a finger ring that indicates that its wearer is married. It is usually forged from metal, traditionally gold or another precious metal. Rings were used in ancient Rome during marriage. In western culture, ...

, a metal ring indicating the wearer is married

Military

Bands (Italian Army irregulars) Bands () was an Italian military term for Irregular military, irregular forces, composed of natives, with Italian officers and NCOs in command. These units were employed by the Italian Army as auxiliaries to the Regular army, regular national and ...

, 19th- and 20th-century military units in the service of the Italian "Regio Esercito" *

Female order of the Band The Female order of the Band is a female honorific order founded in 1387, bestowed upon the women of Palencia, in Castile and León (Crown of Castile, current Spain). It was founded by John I of Castile in 1387 in order to honor the memory of the ...

, a medieval military order native to Spain *

Order of the Band The Order of the Band, Knights of the Band, or Equites Bindae, was a military order in Spain, instituted by Alfonso XI, King of Castile in 1332.''The New Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 6: c. 1300 - c. 1415'', Michael Jones (ed.) (Cambridge, 1 ...

, a medieval military order native to Spain

Science and technology

* Band (algebra), an idempotent semigroup * Band (order theory), a solid subset of an ordered vector space that contains its supremums * Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths in radio and radar, specifically: **

Frequency band Spectral bands are regions of a given spectrum, having a specific range of wavelengths or frequencies. Most often, it refers to electromagnetic bands, regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. More generally, spectral bands may also be means in ...

** LTE frequency bands used for cellphone data ** Shortwave bands ** UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones * BAND (software), a mobile app that facilitates group communication * Band cell, a type of white blood cell *

Bird banding Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird an ...

, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification * Electronic band structure of electrons in solid-state physics * Gastric band, a human weight-control measure *

Signaling (telecommunications) In telecommunications, signaling is the use of signals for controlling communications. This may constitute an information exchange concerning the establishment and control of a telecommunication circuit and the management of the network. Clas ...

: ** In-band signaling ** Out-of-band *Birds Are Not Dinosaurs, or BAND, a controversial stance on the origin of birds

Society and government

* Band (First Nations Canada), the primary unit of First Nations Government in Canada *

Band society A band society, sometimes called a camp, or in older usage, a horde, is the simplest form of human society. A band generally consists of a small kin group, no larger than an extended family or clan. The general consensus of modern anthropol ...

, a small group of humans in a simple form of society *

Tribe (Native American) In the United States, an American Indian tribe, Native American tribe, Alaska Native village, Indigenous tribe, or Tribal nation may be any current or historical tribe, band, or nation of Native Americans in the United States. Modern forms of t ...

, a tribe, band, nation, or other group or community of Indigenous peoples in the United States

Other uses

Rubber band A rubber band (also known as an elastic, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects together. The rubber band was patented in England on March 17, 1845, by Stephen Perry ...

* The Band (professional wrestling), the Total Nonstop Wrestling name for the professional wrestling stable New World Order