Zigzag (disambiguation)

Zigzag, ZigZag, zig zag, zig-zag, zig zak or zig-zak is a jagged, regular pattern. It may also refer to:

Animals

• Phasianella zigzag, a species of sea snail
• Several types of salamander living in the U.S.:
  • Northern zigzag salamander
  • Ozark zigzag salamander
  • Southern zigzag salamander
• Zigzag barb, a ray-finned fish
• Zigzag heron, a bird

Architecture

• Zig-Zag Chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld
• Zig-zag moulding on Norman arches
• Zigzag moderne, a term used in Art Deco

Computer science

• Zig-zag entropy coding, a method used in JPEG images to compress data
• Zig-Zag, a tree-rotation variant used to balance splay trees
• Zig-zag product, a method for constructing graphs in computational complexity
• ZigZag (software), a data model designed and patented by Ted Nelson

Electrical engineering

• Zig-zag in-line package, a short-lived packaging technology for integrated circuits
• Zigzag transformer, an engineering device for electrical systems

Entertainment

Film and television

• Zig Zag, an educational TV series on BBC Schools
• Zig Zag, a 1970 film directed by Richard A. Colla
• Zig Zag, a 2002 film directed by David S. Goyer
• Zig Zag (Canadian TV series), a Canadian TV series
• Zigzag, the main villain from The Thief and the Cobbler

Music and theatre

• Zig Zag (The Hooters album), 1989
• Zig Zag (Tha Mexakinz album), 1994
• Zig-Zag!, a musical revue staged at the Hippodrome, London, in 1917

Other media

• Zig Zag (manga), a manga series by Yuki Nakaji
• Zig Zag (video game), a 1984 video game
• Zig Zag Girl, a magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s
• ZigZag (magazine), a UK rock music magazine
• ZigZag (2015 Video Game), a 2015 video game, became #1 on Apple Store

Geography

• Zig Zag Pass, site of the Struggle on Zig Zag Pass in the Philippines during World War II
• Any of several places on southern Mount Hood in Oregon:
  • Zigzag, Oregon
  • Zigzag Glacier
  • Zigzag Ranger Station
  • Zigzag River and Little Zigzag River
• Zigzag Bluff in Antarctica
• Zigzag Island off the coast of Antarctica
• Zigzag Pass on the island of South Georgia

Mathematics and cryptography

• Zig-zag lemma, a mathematical lemma in homological algebra
• Zigzag cipher, a type of cipher, or code
• Zigzag poset, another term for a partially ordered set in mathematics commonly called a fence (mathematics)

Railroads

• Kalamunda Zig Zag in Western Australia
• Zig zag (railway), a construction technique railroads use to climb hills; also called a switchback
• One of several railway-related places in New South Wales:
  • Lapstone Zig Zag, a walking track on the line of an abandoned railway
  • Zig Zag Railway, a heritage railway located near Lithgow
  • Zig Zag railway station, New South Wales, a railway station on the CityRail network near Lithgow
• Zig Zag Bridge, an alternate name of Perry Bridge, a 1711 bridge over River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England

Other uses

• Mauser Zig-Zag, a 19th-century revolver
• Zig zag revolver, a 3-D printed revolver developed in Japan
• Zig-Zag (company), a tobacco products company
• Zig-zag bridge, a type of pedestrian walkway
• Agent Zigzag, code name of Eddie Chapman, a British double agent
• USS Zigzag (SP-106), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919
• ZigZag, a ticketing scheme in Derbyshire, UK, by bus operator Trent Barton

See also

• Zag (disambiguation)
• Zig (disambiguation)
• Zig and Zag (disambiguation)
• Zik Zak Filmworks