Zig zag

Zig zag

Zig zag, Zig Zag, Zigzag, or Zig-zag often refers to:

* Zigzag, a jagged, regular pattern

Other uses

Companies

* Zig-Zag (company), a tobacco products company

Computer science

* ZigZag (software), a data model designed and patented by Ted Nelson
* Zig-Zag, a tree-rotation variant used to balance splay trees
* JPEG Zig-Zag Entropy Coding, a method used in JPEG images to compress data

Electrical engineering

* Zigzag transformer, an engineering device for electrical systems

Entertainment

* Zig Zag Girl, a magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s
* Zig and Zag (Australian performers), Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie, a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969.
* "ZigZag" (magazine), a UK rock music magazine
* "Zig Zag" (manga), a manga series by Yuki Nakaji
* "Zig Zag" (Canadian TV series)
* "Zig Zag", a 1989 release from the band The Hooters
* "Zig Zag", a 1984 video game
* ZigZag, the main villain from The Thief and the Cobbler
* Zig Zag, a furry character in the webcomic Sabrina Online
* Zig and Zag (puppets), puppets that made their television début on Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)'s "The Den"

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

People

* Zig and Zag (Australian performers), Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie, a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969.
* ZigZag, code name of Eddie Chapman, a British double agent

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
* Zig Zag Bridge, an alternate name of Perry Bridge, a 1711 bridge over River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England

hips

* USS "Zigzag" (SP-106), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy frpom 1917 to 1919.


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