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Arts and entertainment

* ''Gig'' (Circle Jerks album) (1992) * ''Gig'' (Northern Pikes album) (1993) * ''The Gig'', a 1985 film written and directed by
Frank D. Gilroy Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''The Subject Was Roses' ...
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GIG Gig or GIG may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Gig'' (Circle Jerks album) (1992) * ''Gig'' (Northern Pikes album) (1993) * ''The Gig'', a 1985 film written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy * GIG, a character in ''Hot Wheels AcceleRacers'' ...
, a character in ''Hot Wheels AcceleRacers'' * "GUYS Is Green" ("G.I.G.!"), in the Japanese television series ''
Ultraman Mebius is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It is the 20th TV series and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting Sys ...
'' * Gig, a
temporary job Temporary work or temporary employment (also called gigs) refers to an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the needs of the employing organization. Temporary employees are sometimes ...
for a specified time


Transportation

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Gig (boat) A gig is a type of boat optimised for speed under oar, but usually also fitted with a sailing rig for appropriate conditions. The type was in use by Deal boatmen in the 18th century. It first occurred as a naval ship's boat after Deal boatbuilde ...
, or "captain′s gig", a boat used on naval ships as the captain's taxi *
Gig (carriage) A gig, also called chair or chaise, is a light, two-wheeled sprung cart pulled by one horse. Description Gig carts are constructed with the driver's seat sitting higher than the level of the shafts. Traditionally, a gig is more formal than a vil ...
, a two-wheeled sprung cart to be pulled by a horse * Cornish pilot gig, a six-oared rowing boat *
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...
(IATA airport code), the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *
Giggleswick railway station Giggleswick is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated north-west of Leeds, serves the market town of Settle and the village of Giggleswick in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and ...
(National Rail station code), Yorkshire, England *
Gig Car Share GIG Car Share is a carsharing service in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and Seattle, created by A3 Ventures (a division of the American Automobile Association). The company operates a fleet of Toyota Prius Hybrid vehicles and ...
, a carsharing service in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area


Science and technology

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Gigabyte The gigabyte () is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix ''giga'' means 109 in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is GB. This defini ...
(colloquial ''gig''), a computer unit of information * Global Information Grid, a military global information network operated by the United States Department of Defense * Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution, a distribution in probability theory


People

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Gig Gangel Gig or GIG may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Gig (Circle Jerks album), ''Gig'' (Circle Jerks album) (1992) * Gig (Northern Pikes album), ''Gig'' (Northern Pikes album) (1993) * ''The Gig'', a 1985 film written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy ...
(born 1958), ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for January 1980 * Gig Morton (born 1996), Canadian actor * Gig Ryan (born 1956), Australian poet born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan * Gig Young (1913–1978), American actor born Byron Elsworth Barr


Other uses

* Gig-mill, a machine for the gigging of textiles that produce a fibrous and soft surface. * Georgian Industrial Group, a holding company in Georgia * Gig, a multi-pronged spear used in gigging or hunting fish or small game * Gig, the blade a professional wrestler uses to cut himself; See List of professional wrestling terms * GIG Cymru, the Welsh-language name for NHS Wales * KGIG-LP ("104.9 The Gig"), an FM radio station licensed to Modesto, California, US


See also

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Gig economy Gig workers are independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers, and temporary workers. Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients. In m ...
, the economy of those in temporary work * Cornish pilot gig, a six-oared rowing boat * Gigg (disambiguation) * Giggs (disambiguation) {{disambiguation