Zig zag

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Zig zag, spelled as one word or two, and sometimes with a second capitalized "Z", can refer to a number of things:

• Zigzag is a jagged, regular pattern
• The Zig-Zag (company) makes tobacco products.
• Zig Zag (railway) is a construction technique railroads use to climb hills, also called a "switchback".
• A Zigzag transformer is an engineering device for electrical systems.
• Zig Zag is an album by The Hooters.
• ZigZag was a 2002 film.
• ZiGZaG is a composer whose songs are featured in the video games In The Groove and In The Groove 2.

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• ZigZag was the name of a UK rock music magazine.
• Zig Zag - a newspaper in Chile edited for a time by Eduardo Barrios.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• A Zig Zag bridge is located in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England.
• The Zig Zag Chair was designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
• Zig Zag (character) is a fictional web comic character.
• The Zig Zag Girl is an magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s.
• Zig Zag (TV series) is a BBC schools programme.
• Zig Zag is a dance and philosophy promoted by Ovasho Bens, Cameroonian artist.
• ZigZag (software) is a data model designed and trademarked by Ted Nelson.
• Zig-zag (betting) is a theory used for betting on basketball teams.
• Zig Zag railway station, New South Wales is a railway station on the CityRail network in New South Wales, Australia, located near Lithgow.