Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and literature

* ''The Ring'' (franchise), a Japanese horror media franchise based on the novel series by Koji Suzuki ** ''Ring'' (novel series) *** ''Ring'' (Suzuki novel), 1991 ** ''Ring'' (film), or ''The Ring'', a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata *** ''The Ring'' (2002 film), an American horror film, remake of the 1998 Japanese film ** ''Ring'' (1995 film), a TV film ** ''Rings'' (2005 film), a short film by Jonathan Liebesman ** ''Rings'' (2017 film), an American horror film * ''Ring'' (Baxter novel), a 1994 science fiction novel * ''Ring'' (Alexis novel), a 2021 Canadian novel by André Alexis

Gaming

* ''Ring'' (video game), 1998 * Rings (''Sonic the Hedgehog''), a collectible in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games

Music

* Ring (rock band), a 1980s British band * '' Der Ring des Nibelungen'', Wagner's epic "Ring cycle"

Albums

* ''Ring'' (The Connells album), 1993 * ''Ring'' (Gary Burton album), 1974 * ''Ring'' (Glasser album), 2010 * ''Ring'' (Miliyah Kato album), 2009 * ''Ring'' (R album), 2020 * ''Ring'' (White Reaper song), 2019

Songs

* "Ring" (B'z song), 2000 * "Ring" (Cardi B song), 2018 * "Ring", song by Phoebe Ryan, 2020 * "Ring" (Selena Gomez song), 2020 * "Ring" (T.I. song), 2020 * "Rings" (song), 1971 song covered by Lonnie Mack, Cymarron, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers, and others * "Rings" (Aesop Rock song), 2016

People

* Ring (surname), including a list of people with the name * Ring of Sweden, a Swedish monarch or local ruler c. 936

Places

* Ring, County Waterford, Ireland *

Ring, Wisconsin Ring is an unincorporated community located in the town of Nekimi, Winnebago County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. ...

, United States

Mathematics

Ring (mathematics) In mathematics, rings are algebraic structures that generalize fields: multiplication need not be commutative and multiplicative inverses need not exist. In other words, a ''ring'' is a set equipped with two binary operations satisfying proper ...

, an algebraic structure * Ring of sets, a family of subsets closed under certain operations *

Annulus (mathematics) In mathematics, an annulus (plural annuli or annuluses) is the region between two concentric circles. Informally, it is shaped like a ring or a hardware washer. The word "annulus" is borrowed from the Latin word ''anulus'' or ''annulus'' mean ...

, a plane figure *

Solid torus In mathematics, a solid torus is the topological space formed by sweeping a disk around a circle. It is homeomorphic to the Cartesian product S^1 \times D^2 of the disk and the circle, endowed with the product topology. A standard way to visuali ...

, a solid figure *

, a geometric ring *

Napkin ring problem In geometry, the napkin-ring problem involves finding the volume of a "band" of specified height around a sphere, i.e. the part that remains after a hole in the shape of a circular cylinder is drilled through the center of the sphere. It is a co ...

, on the volume left after drilling a cylindrical hole through a sphere *

Torus of revolution In geometry, a torus (plural tori, colloquially donut or doughnut) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis that is coplanar with the circle. If the axis of revolution does not tou ...

, a three-dimensional surface

Computers and electronics

Ring (data structure) In computer science, a circular buffer, circular queue, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer (computer science), buffer as if it were connected end-to-end. This structure lends itself easily to bu ...

, or ring buffer *

Ring network A ring network is a network topology in which each node connects to exactly two other nodes, forming a single continuous pathway for signals through each node – a ring. Data travels from node to node, with each node along the way handling ever ...

, a network topology * Protection ring, in computer security * Ring (software), VOIP software * Ring circuit, an electrical wiring technique

Science

* Ring (chemistry), a cyclic molecule * Ring system, in astronomy, matter orbiting a planet or other stellar body *

Annulus (mycology) An annulus is the ring-like or collar-like structure sometimes found on the stipe of some species of mushrooms. The annulus represents the remnants of the partial veil, after it has ruptured to expose the gills or other spore-producing surface. ...

, or ring, on the stipe of mushrooms * Ring attached to a bird by

bird ringing 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 ...

, for identification

Sports

* Boxing ring, the space in which a boxing match occurs * Wrestling ring, the stage on which a professional wrestling match usually occurs * Rings (gymnastics), a gymnastics apparatus and its associated event * Fighting Network Rings, or RINGS, a Japanese combat sport promotion * Juggling ring, a popular prop used by jugglers

Other uses

* Ring (Bulgaria), a Bulgarian sports TV channel * Ring (company), a home security company, maker of the Ring video doorbell * Ring (diacritic), that may appear above or below letters * a bidders' pool for collusion in an auction * a local clubs of the International Brotherhood of Magicians * a perception of sound caused by tinnitus * Ring languages, spoken in Cameroon *

Ring road A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

, a type of highway encircling a town or city * Crime ring, or ring, in organized crime