Rig

Rig may refer to:

• Rig (band), a musical group of the early 1970s
• Rig, Afghanistan
• Rig, the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel
• Rigging, in computer animation, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in a 3D model: see Skeletal animation
• Ríg (Norse god) or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology
• Radio Independents Group, the radio producers' trade organisation in the UK
• RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean Inc., an offshore drilling company
• Rig, in skydiving, a parachute system
• Rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness
• Rigveda, in Hinduism, a sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods
• Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground
• Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a video game
• Rig, in abstract algebra, a humorous name for a semiring, being a ring without negative elements (n)
• Rig, in amateur radio, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver
• Rig, a partially castrated male livestock animal, especially in cattle or horses
• Gaming rig, a PC built for high-performance gaming
• Rig, a slang word for a cigarette
• Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy, a feeding tube inserted into the stomach using radiology: see Interventional radiology
• Rig, a slang term for a syringe used for injecting drugs, notably heroin
• Rig, a slang term referring to a tractor unit, also called a "big rig" (US)
• Rig (stage lighting)

See also

• Rigg
• Riggs
• Phi Delta Alpha