Jigsaw may refer to: *

Jigsaw (tool) A jigsaw is a reciprocating saw that can cut irregular curves, such as stenciled designs, in wood, metal, or other materials. Jigsaws first emerged in the 19th century and employed a treadle to operate the blade, which was thin and under tens ...

, a reciprocating saw that can cut irregular curves *

Jigsaw puzzle A jigsaw puzzle (with context, sometimes just jigsaw or just puzzle) is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking and mosaicked pieces. Typically each piece has a portion of a picture, which is comple ...

, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Jigsaw (''Saw'' character), in the horror franchise *

Jigsaw (Marvel Comics) Jigsaw (William "Billy" Russo, also known as "The Beaut" before his disfigurement) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Ross Andru, the character made his first full ...

, an enemy of the Punisher and Spider-Man *

Jigsaw (Harvey Comics) Jigsaw is a Joe Simon-created character and two-issue comic series published by Harvey Comics from September to December 1966. Developed for Harvey's short-lived superhero line, Harvey Thriller, Jigsaw was the disconnectable "Man of a Thousand Pa ...

, the disconnectable "Man of a Thousand Parts"

Film and television

* ''Jigsaw'' (1949 film), a film noir * ''Jigsaw'' (1962 film), a British crime drama * ''Jigsaw'' (1968 film), an American mystery * ''Jigsaw'' (1979 film), a Canadian-French drama * ''Jigsaw'' (1989 film), a thriller * ''Jigsaw'' (2017 film), a horror film in the ''Saw'' series * ''Jigsaw'' (American TV series), a crime drama 1972–73 * ''Jigsaw'' (British TV series), a BBC children's programme 1979–84 * ''Jigsaw'' (Australian game show), 1965

Music

* Jigsaw (Australian band), a country pop band *

Jigsaw (British band) Jigsaw may refer to: * Jigsaw (tool), a reciprocating saw that can cut irregular curves * Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Jigsaw (''Saw'' charact ...

, a pop rock band * ''Jigsaw'' (Lady Sovereign album), 2009 * ''Jigsaw'' (The Shadows album), 1967 * ''Jigsaw'' (Mike Stern album), 1989 * "Jigsaw", a song by Marillion from the 1984 album ''

Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They were noted for their style-transc ...

'' * "Jigsaw", a song by Renaissance from the 1981 album '' Camera Camera'' * "Jigsaw", a song by Conan Gray from the 2022 album ''

Superache ''Superache'' is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Conan Gray, released on June 24, 2022, through Republic Records. It is a follow-up to Gray's debut album '' Kid Krow'' (2020). Described by Gray as an expansion of his yea ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Jigsaw'' (video game), 1995 * ''Jigsaw'' (novel), a 1989 semi-autobiographical novel by Sybille Bedford

Businesses

Jigsaw (company) Jigsaw LLC (formerly Google Ideas) is a technology incubator created by Google. It formerly operated as an independent subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., but came under Google management in February 2020. Based in New York City, Jigsaw is dedicated ...

, formerly Google Ideas, a technology incubator *

Jigsaw (clothing retailer) Jigsaw is a fashion clothing retailer with store and concession partners across United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Australia. The company is based on Mortlake Road in Kew, south west London. The group turned over £102m for the 2017/2 ...

, a women's clothing retailer * Jigsaw, a cloud-based data service provider acquired by

Salesforce Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics, artificial intelligence, and ap ...

Computing

Jigsaw (dating app) Jigsaw (formerly known as JigTalk dating app) is a personality-based online dating application. The face of the user in this application is hidden using a digital jigsaw puzzle and the face reveals piece by piece through profile interactions and ...

Jigsaw (ransomware) Jigsaw is a form of encrypting ransomware malware created in 2016. It was initially titled "BitcoinBlackmailer", but later came to be known as "Jigsaw" due to featuring an image of Billy the Puppet from the ''Saw'' film franchise. The malware en ...

, an encrypting ransomware * Jigsaw project, of

Java Platform Module System The Java Platform Module System specifies a distribution format for collections of Java code and associated resources. It also specifies a repository for storing these collections, or '' modules'', and identifies how they can be discovered, loaded ...

Other uses

Jigsaw (teaching technique) The jigsaw technique is a method of organizing classroom activity that makes students dependent on each other to succeed. It breaks classes into groups that each assemble a piece of an assignment and synthesize their work when finished. It was desi ...

, a method of organizing classroom activity *

Jigsaw (wrestler) Edward McGuckin (born December 16, 1983) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jigsaw. He is best known for his work on the independent circuit for promotions such as Chikara (professional wre ...

, ring name of Edward McGuckin (born 1983) * Jigsaw Islands, in Antarctica * Jigsaw, common name of the moth '' Dysgonia torrida''