Rig or RIG may refer to:

Objects and structures

* Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing * Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground * Rig (stage lighting) * rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness * rig, something that a dog pulls when mushing *

Rig (sailing) A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of Mast (sailing), masts, sails and rigging. Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be broadly categorized as Fore-and-aft rig, "fore-and-aft", Square rig, "square", or a co ...

, the configuration of sails and masts on a sailing vessel * rig, a parachute system in

skydiving Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

* rig, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver in

amateur radio Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency radio spectrum, spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emer ...

* Oil rig * rig, a

tractor unit A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, ...

* rig, a

desktop computer A desktop computer, often abbreviated as desktop, is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements. The most common configuratio ...

Acronym

* RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean, a Swiss offshore drilling company * Radio Independents Group, a UK trade organisation * Reykjavik International Games, a sport event taking place in Iceland * '' Recueil des inscriptions gauloises'', a collection of Gaulish language inscriptions

Places

* Rig, an alternate name for Bandar Rig, a city in Bushehr Province, Iran * Rig District, a district in Bushehr Province, Iran * Rig Rural District, a rural district in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran * Rig, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran * Rig, Jask, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Rig, Lirdaf, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Rig castle, in Kashmar County, Iran * Rig, an alternate name for Rig-e Bala, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Rig, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the US * Pearland Stadium, or The Rig, a stadium in Texas, United States * Rio Grande Airport, IATA code: RIG, an airport in Brazil

Other uses

* rig (mathematics) or semiring, a structure similar to rings without the requirement that elements should have additive inverses * ríg or rí, Irish language word for "king" * rig or run rig, a traditional system of land occupation in Scotland * Ridgling, or rig, a male animal with one or both testicles undescended * rig, to engage in cheating during a game, election, etc. * Ríg (Norse god) or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology * rigging or skeletal animation, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in an animated 3D computer model * Rig (''Dead or Alive''), a fictional character from ''Dead or Alive'' video game series * Spotted estuary smooth-hound (''Mustelus lenticulatus''), a fish * ''The Rig'' (TV series), an upcoming series for Amazon Prime Video * Gaming rig, a personal computer designed for video games * '' RIGS: Mechanized Combat League'', a video game

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