Clothing, jewelry, and accessories

• Bands (neckwear)
  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. Bands is usually plural because they require two similar parts and did not...
  
  , two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics and lawyers
• Bandolier
  Bandolier
  A bandolier or a bandoleer is a pocketed belt for holding ammunition. It was usually slung over the chest. In its original form, it was common issue to soldiers from the 16th to 18th centuries. This was very useful for quickly reloading a musket....
  
   or bandoleer, an ammunition belt
• Belt (clothing)
  Belt (clothing)
  A belt is a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles of clothing.-History:...
  
  
• Wedding ring
  Wedding ring
  A wedding ring or wedding band is a metal ring indicating the wearer is married. Depending on the local culture, it is worn on the base of the right or the left ring finger. The custom of wearing such a ring has spread widely beyond its origin in Europe...
  
   or wedding band
• Strap
  Strap
  A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather.Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag. See for example spaghetti strap, shoulder strap...
  
  , an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather

Science and technology

• Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar
• Rubber band
  Rubber band
  A rubber band is a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop and is commonly used to hold multiple objects together...
  
  , a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop
• Möbius strip
  Möbius strip
  The Möbius strip or Möbius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Möbius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It can be realized as a ruled surface...
  
   or Möbius band, an artifact with interesting topological features
• Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup
• Spectral bands
  Spectral bands
  Spectral bands are part of optical spectra of polyatomic systems, including condensed materials, large molecules etc. Each line corresponding to one level in atom splits in molecules. When the number of atoms is large, one gets continuum of energy levels, so called "spectral bands". They are often...
  
  , part of the optical spectra of polyatomic systems
• Metals and semiconductors
  • Valence band
    Valence band
    In solids, the valence band is the highest range of electron energies in which electrons are normally present at absolute zero temperature....
    
    
  • Conduction band
    Conduction band
    In the solid-state physics field of semiconductors and insulators, the conduction band is the range of electron energies, higher than that of the valence band, sufficient to free an electron from binding with its individual atom and allow it to move freely within the atomic lattice of the material...
    
    
  • Band gap
    Band gap
    In solid state physics, a band gap, also called an energy gap or bandgap, is an energy range in a solid where no electron states can exist. In graphs of the electronic band structure of solids, the band gap generally refers to the energy difference between the top of the valence band and the...
    
    

Medicine and biology

• Bird ringing
  Bird ringing
  Bird ringing or bird banding is a technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird's life can be studied by the ability to re-find the same individual later...
  
  , or bird banding, placing a numbered bands of metal on birds' legs for identification
• A group of animals, such as gorillas or coyote
  Coyote
  The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
  
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  • Herd
    Herd
    Herd refers to a social grouping of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic, and also to the form of collective animal behavior associated with this or as a verb, to herd, to its control by another species such as humans or dogs.The term herd is generally applied to mammals,...
    
    
  • Flocking (behavior)
    Flocking (behavior)
    Flocking behavior is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. There are parallels with the shoaling behavior of fish, the swarming behavior of insects, and herd behavior of land animals....
    
    
• Band cell
  Band cell
  A band cell is a cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a metamyelocyte, and leading to a mature granulocyte.It is characterized by having a nucleus which is curved, but not lobar....
  
  , a type of white blood cell
• Protein band, see Coomassie
  Coomassie
  Coomassie Brilliant Blue is the name of two similar triphenylmethane dyes that were developed for use in the textile industry but are now commonly used for staining proteins in analytical biochemistry. Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 differs from Coomassie Brilliant Blue R-250 by the addition of two...
  
  
• Gastric band, a weight-control measure

Organizations

• Bands (Italian Army irregulars)
  Bands (Italian Army irregulars)
  Bande was in Italian military terminology the name used to designate irregular forces, composed normally of foreigners or colonial natives, with some Italian officers and NCOs in command. These units were employed by the Italian Army as auxiliaries to the regular national and colonial military...
  
  , military units once in the service of the Italian Regio Esercito
• Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes
  Rede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
  
  , nicknamed Band or Band Network
• The Band (wrestling), the Total Nonstop Wrestling name for the professional wrestling stable New World Order

Society and government

• Band society
  Band society
  A band society is the simplest form of human society. A band generally consists of a small kin group, no larger than an extended family or clan; it has been defined as consisting of no more than 30 to 50 individuals.Bands have a loose organization...
  
  , a small group of humans in a simple form of society
• The primary unit of Native Americans in the United States
  Native Americans in the United States
  Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
  
  
• Band (First Nations Canada), the primary unit of First Nations Government in Canada

Music

• Band, a company of musicians—see Musical ensemble
  Musical ensemble
  A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
  
  
  • Rock band
    Rock Band
    Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
    
    
  • Concert band
    Concert band
    A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
    
    
  • School band
    School band
    A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...
    
    , a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together
  • Marching band
    Marching band
    Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
    
    , a group of performers that consist of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching (and possibly other movements) with their musical performance
• The Band
  The Band
  The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
  
  , a Canadian-American rock and roll group
  • The Band (album)
    The Band (album)
    - Bonus Track listing from 2000 re-release :All songs by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted. The 2000 re-release has also been packaged as a double CD with The Band's debut album Music from Big Pink.- Personnel :...
    
    , its eponymous album released in 1969

See also

• Banding (disambiguation)
• Drum and bugle corps (disambiguation)
• Stripe (disambiguation)