Band or BAND may refer to:

Places

* Bánd, a village in Hungary *

Band, Iran Band ( fa, بند; also known as Darband) is a Kurdish village in Baranduz Rural District Baranduz Rural District ( fa, دهستان باراندوز) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan ...

, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Band, Mureș Band ( Hungarian: ''Mezőbánd''; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, composed of eleven villages: *Band *Drăculea Bandului / Drekulyatelep *Fânațe / Fekete *Iștan-Tău / Istentó *Mărășești / ...

, a commune in Romania *

Band-e Majid Khan Band-e Majid Khan ( fa, بندمجيدخان, also Romanized as Band-e Majīd Khān; also known as Band) is a village in Akhtachi-ye Mahali Rural District, Simmineh District, Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officia ...

, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

People

Band (surname) Band is a surname of German origin and may refer to: * Albert Band (1924–2002), film director and producer * Alex Band (born 1981), musician * Charles Band (born 1951), film director, writer and producer * David Louis Band (1957–2009), astronom ...

, various people with the surname

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

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

, 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, brass, and percussion famil ...

, an ensemble of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments ** Dansband, band playing popular music for a partner-dancing audience **

Jazz band A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands vary in the quantity of its members and the style of jazz that they play but it is common to find a jazz band made up of a rhythm section and a ...

, 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 João Saad with t ...

* ''The Band'' (film), a 1978 Israeli film * ''The Band'' (musical), a 2017 musical by Tim Firth with the music of Take That

Clothing, jewelry, and accessories

* Armband or arm band ** Smart band a band with electronic component *** Microsoft Band, a smart band with smartwatch features from the software giant * Bandolier 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, t ...

, 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 wikt:flap, 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 s ...

, an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather * Wedding band, a metal ring indicating the wearer is married

Military

* Bands (Italian Army irregulars), 19th- and 20th-century military units in the service of the Italian "Regio Esercito" * Female order of the Band, a medieval military order native to Spain * Order of the Band, a medieval military order native to Spain

Science and technology

* Band (algebra), an idempotent semigroup *

Band (order theory) In mathematics, specifically in order theory and functional analysis, a band in a vector lattice X is a subspace M of X that is solid set, solid and such that for all S \subseteq M such that x = \sup S exists in X, we have x \in M. The smallest ...

, a solid subset of an ordered vector space that contains its supremums *

Band (radio) The radio spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies from 0 Hz to 3,000 GHz (3 THz). Electromagnetic waves in this frequency range, called radio waves, are widely used in modern technology, particula ...

, a range of frequencies or wavelengths in radio and radar, specifically: ** Frequency band ** LTE frequency bands used for cellphone data **

Shortwave bands Shortwave bands are frequency allocations for use within the shortwave radio spectrum (the upper medium frequency Fband and all of the high frequency Fband). Radio waves in these frequency ranges can be used for very long distance (transcontinent ...

** 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 Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight ...

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

Gastric band A laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, commonly called a lap-band, A band, or LAGB, is an inflatable silicone device placed around the top portion of the stomach to treat obesity, intended to decrease food consumption. Adjustable gastric band s ...

, a human weight-control measure * Signaling (telecommunications): **

In-band signaling In telecommunications, in-band signaling is the sending of control information within the same band or channel used for data such as voice or video. This is in contrast to out-of-band signaling which is sent over a different channel, or even ov ...

Out-of-band Out-of-band activity is activity outside a defined telecommunications frequency band, or, metaphorically, outside of any primary communication channel. Protection from falsing is among its purposes. Examples General usage * Out-of-band agreement ...

*Birds Are Not Dinosaurs, or BAND, a controversial stance on the origin of birds

Society and government

Band (First Nations Canada) In Canada, an Indian band or band (french: bande indienne, link=no), sometimes referred to as a First Nation band (french: bande de la Première Nation, link=no) or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subjec ...

, 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 anthropology ...

, a small group of humans in a simple form of society * Tribe (Native American), a tribe, band, nation, or other group or community of Indigenous peoples in the United States

Other uses

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