Gig or GIG may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Concert A concert, often known informally as a gig or show, is a live performance of music in front of an audience. The performance may be carried by a single musician, in which case it is sometimes called a recital, or by a musical ensemble such as an ...

, known informally as a gig * ''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 ...

* ''Gig'' (Circle Jerks album) (1992) * GIG (''Hot Wheels AcceleRacers''), a character * ''Gig'' (Northern Pikes album) (1993) * "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 15th entry (21st overall) and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broad ...

'' *

KGIG-LP KGIG-LP (104.9 FM, "104.9 The Gig") is a low-power FM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format with some music programming devoted to local bands. Licensed to Modesto, California, United States, the station is currently owned by Fellowship ...

("104.9 The Gig"), an FM radio station licensed to Modesto, California, US

Transportation

Gig (boat) A gig is a type of boat. It was optimised for speed under oar, but usually also fitted with a sailing rig for appropriate conditions. The type was in use by Deal, Kent, Deal boatmen in the 18th century. It first occurred as a naval ship's boat ...

, a type of boat *

Gig (carriage) A gig is a light, two-wheeled open carriage with large wheels, a forward facing seat, and shafts for a single horse. The gig's body is constructed above the shafts, and it is entered from step-irons hanging from the shaft in front of the wheels. ...

, a two-wheeled sprung cart to be pulled by a horse *

Cornish pilot gig The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oar rowing boat, clinker-built of Ulmus minor 'Stricta', Cornish narrow-leaf elm, long with a beam of . It is recognised as one of the first shore-based lifeboat (rescue), lifeboats that went to vessels in distres ...

, a six-oared rowing boat *

Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

(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 was 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

Gigabyte The gigabyte () is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The SI prefix, prefix ''giga-, giga'' means 109 in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte i ...

(colloquial ''gig''), a computer unit of information *

Global Information Grid The Global Information Grid (GIG), now referred to as the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN), refers to the entire network of information transmission and processing capabilities maintained by the United States Department of Defens ...

, a military global information network operated by the United States Department of Defense *

Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution In probability theory and statistics, the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution (GIG) is a three-parameter family of continuous probability distributions with probability density function :f(x) = \frac x^ e^,\qquad x>0, where ''Kp'' is a mo ...

, a distribution in probability theory

People

Gig Gangel __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1980. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Geraldine "Gig" Gangel (born October 17, 1958, in Harlingen, Texas) is an American mo ...

(born 1958), ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for January 1980 * Gig Morton (born 1996), Canadian actor *

Gig Ryan Gig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan November 5, 1956, is an Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Ryan was born in Leicester, England in 1956. Her father was Australian surgeon Peter John Ryan ...

(born 1956), Australian poet born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan *

Gig Young Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come Fill the Cup'' ...

(1913–1978), American actor born Byron Elsworth Barr

Other uses

Gig-mill A gig-mill (gigging machine, napping machine) was a type of raising machine that used Teasel, teasels to produce a Nap (fabric), nap on cloth. Examples of the results of gigging are woolen fabrics such as Chinchilla (cloth), chinchilla, beaver c ...

, a machine for the gigging of textiles that produce a fibrous and soft surface. *

Georgian Industrial Group The Georgian Industrial Group (GIG, ka, საქართველოს ინდუსტრიული ჯგუფი, ''Sak'art'velos Industriuli Jgup'i'') is the largest holding company in Georgia, with business interests ranging from ener ...

, a holding company in Georgia * Gig,

temporary work 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 * Gig, a multi-pronged spear used in

gigging Gigging is the practice of hunting fish or small game with a Trident, gig or similar multi-pronged spear. Commonly harvested wildlife include freshwater Catostomidae, suckers, saltwater flounder, and small game, such as frogs. A gig can refer t ...

or hunting fish or small game * Gig, the blade a professional wrestler uses to cut himself; See

List of professional wrestling terms Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that o ...

* GIG Cymru, the Welsh-language name for

NHS Wales NHS Wales () is the publicly-funded healthcare system in Wales, and one of the four systems which make up the National Health Service () in the United Kingdom. NHS Wales was formed as part of the public health system for England and Wales crea ...

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