Raft (disambiguation)

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Raft may refer to:

• Raft, a flat floating structure for travel over water
• RAFT (chemistry), reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer
• Raft (computer science), a distributed consensus protocol
• RaftLib, the Raft library for parallel processing with iostreams and compute kernels
• The Raft (comics), a fictional prison facility in the Marvel Universe
• Raft, a Stephen Baxter science fiction novel
• "The Raft," a Stephen King horror short story
• Raft spider, a European spider of the family Pisauridae

Raft, as a person, may refer to:

• George Raft (1895–1980), an American film actor
• Raft (band), a French band

Raft, as a location, may refer to:

• Great Raft, a gigantic log jam in the Red River, Louisiana, United States – or a log jam in other rivers
• Raft Island, a private island in Pierce County, Washington, U.S.
• Raft River, a river that flows from Utah to Idaho in the U.S.
• The Raft, a fictional refugee flotilla in the Neal Stephenson novel Snow Crash

Raft may also refer to:

• Floating raft system, a type of foundation
• Lipid raft, a cholesterol-enriched microdomain in cell membranes
• Rafting, recreational activity utilizing a raft
• Timber rafting, a log transportation method
• Remote Area Firefighting Team (RAFT), firefighting specialists
• Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), a nonprofit organization supplying materials and ideas to teachers