Setup (the noun) or set up (the verb) may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Set Up'' (2005 film), a 2005 Hong Kong horror film * ''Setup'' (2011 film), a 2011 action thriller heist film

Literature

* ''Set Up'', a 1992 novel by

Peter Corris Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-w ...

* ''Set Up'', a 1999 novel by

Claire McNab Claire Carmichael (1940 – 2022), also known by her pen name Claire McNab, was an Australian writer born in Melbourne. While pursuing a career as a high school teacher in Sydney, she began her writing career with comedy plays and textbooks. She ...

Music

* ''Setup'' (album), a 1994 album by jazz pianist Stanley Cowell * Setup (music)

Sports

* Racing setup, in auto racing * Setup pitcher

Other uses

* Setup (storytelling), the introduction in a plot of an element that will be useful to the story only later, when the payoff comes *Setup, also called frameup, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime *Setup,

installation (computer programs) Installation (or setup) of a computer program (including device drivers and plugins), is the act of making the program ready for execution. Installation refers to the particular configuration of software or hardware with a view to making it usab ...