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RAISE (Rigorous Approach to Industrial Software Engineering) was developed as part of the European ESPRIT II LaCoS project in the 1990s, led by Dines Bjørner. It consists of a set of tools designed for a specification language (RSL) for software development. It is especially espoused by UNU-IIST in Macau, who run training courses on site and around the world, especially in developing countries.

Raise may refer to:

• To bring up, see parenting
• Raise borer, a raise is a shaft in a mine which joins two levels by definition mined upwards (raised)
• Raise, a term used in poker
• Raise (mining), an underground passageway in mines
• An increase in salary
• A term used in magic, meaning: to summon or conjure

Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions, and released in 1981 on CBS Records. Raise! has been certified platinum in the US by the RIAA for sales of over a million copies and gold in the UK and Canada by the British Phonographic Industry and Music Canada respectively.

RAISE, acrónimo inglés de Rigorous Approach to Industrial Software Engineering, en español «Enfoque Riguroso para Ingeniería de Software Industrial», fue desarrollado como parte del proyecto europeo ESPRIT II LaCoS de los años 1990, dirigido por Dines Bjørner. Consiste en un conjunto de herramientas en torno al lenguaje de especificación (RSL) para el desarrollo de software. Cuenta con el apoyo especial de UNU-IIST en Macau, que imparte cursos allí y en el resto del mundo, especialmente en países en vías de desarrollo.

Raise es el primer álbum de estudio de la banda británica de rock alternativo Swervedriver. El álbum solamente contiene seis canciones; "Son of Mustang Ford", "Rave Down" y "Sandblasted" fueron extraídas de grabaciones y EP's anteriores de la banda, entre 1990 y 1991.

Raise ("aumento" o "aumentare" in lingua inglese) può riferirsi a:

• Raise! - album del gruppo Earth, Wind & Fire del 1981
• Raise - album del gruppo Swervedriver del 1991

Raise! è il tredicesimo album registrato in studio dagli Earth, Wind & Fire nel 1981 per la  Columbia Records.
Da quest'album proviene l'hit Let's Groove.