Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great

size Size in general is the Magnitude (mathematics), magnitude or dimensions of a thing. More specifically, ''geometrical size'' (or ''spatial size'') can refer to linear dimensions (length, width, height, diameter, perimeter), area, or volume ...

or degree

Film and television

* ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''

Big! Big! is a TV series in which an episode consists of a team of engineers manufacturing the world's biggest items (usually a household item that's normally hand carried, scaled up to proportions that make the items unusable without JCBs and Cherry ...

'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presented by

Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme ''Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and Jame ...

* ''Big'' (TV series), a 2012 South Korean TV series * '' Banana Island Ghost'', a 2017 fantasy action comedy film

Music

* '' Big: the musical'', a 1996 musical based on the film *

Big Records Big Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Paul Paoliello, former Managing Director of Zomba Records' Australasian affiliate from its inception in 1999 until its sale to Rajon Music Group in 2003. ...

, a record label * ''Big'' (album), a 2007 album by Macy Gray * "Big" (Dead Letter Circus song) * "Big" (Sneaky Sound System song) * "Big" (Rita Ora and Imanbek song) * "Big", a 1990 song by

New Fast Automatic Daffodils New Fast Automatic Daffodils (later shortened to New FADS) were an alternative rock group from Manchester, England, active between 1988 and 1995. History The band was formed in 1988 by former members of the punk rock group Pariah.Strong, Mart ...

* "Big", a 2021 song by Jade Eagleson from ''

Honkytonk Revival ''Honkytonk Revival'' is the second studio album by Canadian country artist Jade Eagleson. It was released on November 12, 2021 via Starseed Records. The album features three singles: " All Night to Figure It Out", " More Drinkin' Than Fishin', a ...

'' *

The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop and particularly gangsta ...

, an American rapper

Places

Allen Army Airfield Allen Army Airfield is a public and military use airport serving Fort Greely and located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Delta Junction, a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. ...

(

IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff ...

code), Alaska, US * BIG, a VOR navigational beacon at

London Biggin Hill Airport London Biggin Hill Airport is an operational general aviation airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south-southeast of Central London. The airport was formerly a Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a sma ...

Big River (disambiguation) Big River or Big Rivers may refer to: Geography Rivers ;In Australia * Big River (Brodribb River, Victoria), a tributary of the Brodribb River, in Victoria * Big River (Goulburn River, Victoria), a tributary of the Goulburn River, in Victoria * Big ...

, various rivers (and other things) *

Big Island (disambiguation) Big Island may refer to: Canada * Big Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) * Big Island, Nova Scotia, a peninsula in Pictou County Nunavut * Big Island (Hudson Bay, Nunavut), near Puvirnituq, Quebec * Big Island (James Bay, Nunavut), near Chisasi ...

, various islands (and other things)

Organizations

Badan Informasi Geospasial Geospatial Information Agency ( id, Badan Informasi Geospasial, abbreviation: ''BIG'') is the national mapping agency of Indonesia. BIG was formerly named National Coordinator for Survey and Mapping Agency ( id, Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemet ...

, the national mapping agency of Indonesia *

Beijing Institute of Genomics Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) () is a genomics research center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). History BIG was officially founded by Yang Huanming, Wang Jian, Yu Jun and others scientists on November 28, 2003, when BGI (formerly the Be ...

, a Chinese institute for genetic research *

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

, an American college sports conference which uses the singular word "B1G" (the numeral "1" replacing the letter "I") within their logo *

Bjarke Ingels Group Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a Copenhagen and New York based group of architects, designers and builders operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. The office is currently involved in a ...

, a Danish architecture firm *

Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H or BIG is a quasi-governmental company in Austria, which manages Austrian publicly owned real estate. Moody's 2009, p. 3 BIG is the central provider of space for several public sector functions such as schools ...

, an Austrian quasi-governmental company *

Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen The Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen/Information Centre for Dangerous Goods (BIG), established in the Flemish city of Geel, collects and validates information on dangerous goods. History BIG was established in 1979 following a nu ...

, a Belgian information centre for dangerous goods *

Breast International Group The Breast International Group (BIG)-aisbl is a not-for-profit organisation for academic breast cancer research groups from around the world, with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. BIG facilitates breast cancer research at an international le ...

, for breast cancer research

Fictional characters

Big the Cat Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * '' Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show present ...

, in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' game universe * Big, a Buddhist monk in the 2003 film ''

Running on Karma ''Running on Karma'' (), also known as ''An Intelligent Muscle Man'', is a 2003 Hong Kong action thriller film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai. The film is ultimately a Buddhist parable about the nature of karma. There were ...

'' * Big, in ''

The Perhapanauts ''The Perhapanauts'' is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005. The first two mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances", were published by Dark Horse Comics, but later in 2008, the ...

'' comic book series * Big, in ''

Big & Small ''Big & Small'' is a children's television series aimed at preschoolers following the lives of puppets, including the eponymous Big and Small. ''Big & Small'' is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in asso ...

'' children's TV Series

Other uses

Kunimaipa language Kunimaipa is a Papuan language of New Guinea. The varieties are divergent, on the verge of being distinct languages, and have separate literary traditions. Phonemes Consonants Below is a chart of Kunimaipa consonants. Vowels * “ i, e, a, ...

(ISO 639-3 code: big), of Papua New Guinea *

Basic income grant Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of a ...

** BIG Namibia, the basic income grant pilot project at

Omitara Omitara is a settlement in the Steinhausen electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. Together with the adjacent village of Otjivero — the two places are often referred to as one — it had a population of approximately 1,200 as ...

, Namibia *

Operation Big Operation Big was an operation of the Alsos Mission, the Allied seizure of facilities, materiel, and personnel related to the German nuclear weapon project during World War II. It was tasked with sweeping several targeted towns in the area of sout ...

, an Allied task force assigned to obtain German nuclear secrets during the final days of World War II *

Big (video game player) Terry Chuong, better known as BIG is an American player who is currently a support for Optic Gaming of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). He has been previously known as both Baby and Babyeator. Early life Terry ...

, American player Terry Chuong * a nickname of

Fred T. Long Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long (January 22, 1896 – March 23, 1966) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and a college football coach. He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and unive ...

(1896–1966), American Negro league baseball player and college football coach * , an

HTML element An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...

* BIG, a type of

Non-RAID drive architectures The most widespread standard for configuring multiple hard disk drives is RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Disks), which comes in a number of standard configurations and non-standard configurations. Non-RAID drive architectures a ...