Zig zag

Zigzag is a jagged, regular pattern.

Zig zag, Zig Zag, Zigzag, or Zig-zag may also refer to:

Contents 1 Animals 2 Architecture 3 Computer science 4 Electrical engineering 5 Entertainment 5.1 Film and television 5.2 Music 5.3 Other media 6 Geography 7 Mathematics and cryptography 8 Railroads 9 Other uses 10 See also

Animals

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

Architecture

• Zig-zag moulding on Norman arches
• Zigzag moderne, a term used in Art Deco

Computer science

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

Electrical engineering

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

Entertainment

Film and television

• ZigZag (film), a 2002 film directed by David S. Goyer
• Zigzag (1970 film), a 1970 film directed by Richard A. Colla
• Zig Zag (Canadian TV series), a Canadian TV series
• Zig and Zag (Australian performers), Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie, a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969
• Zig Zag, an educational TV series on BBC Schools
• ZigZag, the main villain from The Thief and the Cobbler

Music

• Zig Zag (The Hooters album)
• Zig Zag (Tha Mexakinz album)

Other media

• Zig Zag Girl, a magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s
• ZigZag (magazine), a UK rock music magazine
• Zig Zag (manga), a manga series by Yuki Nakaji
• Zig Zag (video game), a 1984 video game
• Zig and Zag (puppets), an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison

Geography

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

Mathematics and cryptography

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

Railroads

• 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:
  • Zig Zag railway station, New South Wales, a railway station on the CityRail network near Lithgow
  • Zig Zag Railway, a heritage railway located near Lithgow
  • Lapstone Zig Zag, a walking track on the line of an abandoned railway
• Kalamunda Zig Zag in Western Australia
• Zig Zag Bridge, an alternate name of Perry Bridge, a 1711 bridge over River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England

Other uses

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

See also

• Zig (disambiguation)
• Zag (disambiguation)

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