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Radio access network A radio access network (RAN) is part of a mobile telecommunication system implementing a radio access technology (RAT). Conceptually, it resides between a device such as a mobile phone, a computer, or any remotely controlled machine and provi ...

, a part of a mobile telecommunication system *

Rainforest Action Network Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, United States. The organization was founded by Randy "Hurricane" Hayes and Mike Roselle in 1985, and first gained national prominence with a gra ...

Ran (gene) Ran (RAs-related Nuclear protein) also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAN gene. Ran is a small 25 kDa protein that is involved in transport into and out of the cell nucleus during interpha ...

(RAs-related Nuclear protein), also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran, a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAN gene *

Ran (Sufism) Ran, RaN and ran may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ran'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa * "Ran" (song), a 2013 Japanese song by Luna Sea * '' Ran Online'', a 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) * ...

, a concept of

Sufism Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

RAN translation Repeat Associated Non-AUG translation, or RAN translation, is an irregular mode of mRNA translation that can occur in eukaryotic cells. Mechanism For the majority of eukaryotic messenger RNAs (mRNAs), translation initiates from a methionine-enc ...

(Repeat Associated Non-AUG translation), an irregular mode of mRNA translation *

Ran Online ''Ran Online'' (stylized as ''RAN Online'', zh, 亂Online) was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc., the company that had also developed ''Remnant Knights''. After starting the first official ...

(stylized as ''RAN Online''), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc. *

RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) ''RAN (Remote Area Nurse)'' is an Australian television program (drama series) that aired on SBS on 5 January 2006. The series was filmed entirely on Masig Island (Yorke Island) in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, ...

Rapid automatized naming Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors, or symbols (letters or digits). Variations in rapid automatized naming time in children provide a strong predictor of their lat ...

, a predictor of reading ability *

Ravenna Airport Ravenna Airport () (also known as Ravenna - La Spreta Airport) is an airport serving the locality of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna province of Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and W ...

, an airport in Ravenna, Italy by IATA code * Régie du Chemin de Fer Abidjan-Niger, a railway in French West Africa, linking Côte d'Ivoire to Upper Volta (now called Burkina Faso) *

Remote Area Nurse {{For, the television series, RAN Remote Area Nurse (television) A Remote Area Nurse (RAN) is a nurse working in remote or isolated areas of Australia, where population density and remoteness preclude the provision of permanent doctors. A RAN may b ...

, in Australia *

Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Ma ...

, the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force *

Rugby Americas North Rugby Americas North (RAN) is the Sports governing body, governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region. Rugby Americas North operates under the authority of World Rugby, and is one of six regional unions represented withi ...

, the administrative body of rugby union in North America and the Caribbean *

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

(transliteration of its Russian acronym ''Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk'') *

RAN (Indonesian group) RAN is an Indonesian pop rock band formed in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2006. The group comprises Rayi Putra Rahardjo (vocals/rap), Astono "Asta" Andoko (guitars), and Anindyo "Nino" Baskoro (vocals), the group name taken from the members' i ...

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