Ring Explained

Ring may refer to:

• Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
• To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell

(hence) to initiate a telephone connection

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and literature

• The Ring (franchise), a Japanese horror media franchise based on the novel series by Koji Suzuki
  • Ring (novel series)
    • Ring (Suzuki novel), 1991
  • Ring (film), or The Ring, a 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata
    • The Ring (2002 film), an American horror film, remake of the 1998 Japanese film
  • Ring (1995 film), a TV film
  • Rings (2005 film), a short film by Jonathan Liebesman
  • Rings (2017 film), an American horror film
• Ring (Baxter novel), a 1994 science fiction novel
• Ring (Alexis novel), a 2021 Canadian novel by André Alexis

Gaming

• Ring (video game), 1998
• Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog), a collectible in Sonic the Hedgehog games

Music

• Ring (rock band), a 1980s British band
• Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner's epic "Ring cycle"

Albums

• Ring (The Connells album), 1993
• Ring (Gary Burton album), 1974
• Ring (Glasser album), 2010
• Ring (Miliyah Kato album), 2009
• Ring (R album), 2020
• Ring (White Reaper song), 2019

Songs

• "Ring" (B'z song), 2000
• "Ring" (Cardi B song), 2018
• "Ring", song by Phoebe Ryan, 2020
• "Ring" (Selena Gomez song), 2020
• "Ring" (T.I. song), 2020
• "Rings" (song), 1971 song covered by Lonnie Mack, Cymarron, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers, and others
• "Rings" (Aesop Rock song), 2016

Other Arts, entertainment and media

• "Ring", a season 3 episode of Servant (TV series)

People

• Ring (surname), including a list of people with the name
• Ring of Sweden, a Swedish monarch or local ruler c. 936

Places

• Ring, County Waterford, Ireland
• Ring, Wisconsin, United States

Mathematics

• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
• Ring of sets, a family of subsets closed under certain operations
• Annulus (mathematics), a geometric planar ring
• Torus, a three-dimensional surface
• Solid torus, a solid figure
• Napkin ring problem, on the volume left after drilling a cylindrical hole through a sphere

Computers and electronics

• Ring (data structure), or ring buffer
• Ring network, a network topology
• Protection ring, in computer security
• Ring (software), VOIP software
• Ring circuit, an electrical wiring technique
• Ring (programming language)

Science

• Ring (chemistry), a cyclic molecule
• Ring system, in astronomy, matter orbiting a planet or other stellar body
• Annulus (mycology), or ring, on the stipe of mushrooms
• Ring attached to a bird by bird ringing, for identification

Sports

• Boxing ring, the space in which a boxing match occurs
• Wrestling ring, the stage on which a professional wrestling match usually occurs
• Rings (gymnastics), a gymnastics apparatus and its associated event
• Fighting Network Rings, or RINGS, a Japanese combat sport promotion
• Juggling ring, a popular prop used by jugglers

Other uses

• Ring (Bulgaria), a Bulgarian sports TV channel
• Ring (company), a home security company, maker of the Ring video doorbell
• Ring (diacritic), that may appear above or below letters
• a bidders' pool for collusion in an auction
• a local clubs of the International Brotherhood of Magicians
• a perception of sound caused by tinnitus
• Ring languages, spoken in Cameroon
• Ring road, a type of highway encircling a town or city
• Crime ring, or ring, in organized crime

See also

• • • Ringe (disambiguation)
• Ringer (disambiguation)
• Ringing (disambiguation)
• Ringo (disambiguation)
• Ringtone (disambiguation)
• The Ring (disambiguation)
• Ring 0 (disambiguation)
• Ring 1 (disambiguation)
• Ring 2 (disambiguation)
• Ring 3 (disambiguation)
• Ring 4 (disambiguation)
• Ring 5 (disambiguation)
• Ring of Honor (disambiguation)
• Ring Ring (disambiguation)
• Ring Ring Ring (disambiguation)
• Ring Road (disambiguation)
• Ring structure (disambiguation)
• Annulus (disambiguation)
• Brass ring, a grabbable ring on a carousel
• Cock ring, a ring worn around the penis
• Circle symbol (disambiguation)
• Coffee ring effect
• D-ring, a D-shaped metal ring
• Piston ring, part of an engine
• Ring of bells, a set of bells hung for English full circle ringing
• Storage ring, a type of particle accelerator
• Torus, a doughnut shape