Ring

Ring most commonly refers either to a hollow circular shape or to a high-pitched sound. It thus may refer to:

• Ring (jewellery), a circular, decorative or symbolic ornament worn on fingers, toes, arm or neck

Ring may also refer to:

Sounds

• Ring, the sound that a bell makes when rung (struck)
  • Ringtone, the sound that a telephone makes, which traditionally was a literal ringing of a bell
• Ring or ringing, an apparent sound in the ears, which may be a symptom of tinnitus

Places

• Ring, County Waterford, a village in Ireland
• Ring, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in USA

People

• Ring (surname)
• Ring of Sweden, a semi-legendary Swedish king

Arts, entertainment, and media

• The Ring (franchise), a Japanese horror franchise

Films

• Ring (film), a 1998 horror film by Hideo Nakata
• Rings (2005 film), a 2005 horror short film by Jonathan Liebesman
• The Ring (1927 film), a 1927 silent sports film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• The Ring (2002 film), a 2002 horror film by Gore Verbinski
  • The Ring Two, a 2005 sequel to the 2002 horror film The Ring
  • Rings (2017 film), the second sequel to the 2002 horror film The Ring, and overall 3rd movie in series

Gaming

• Ring (video game), or Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen, a point-and-click adventure video game
• Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog), a collectible in Sonic the Hedgehog games

Literature

• Ring (Suzuki novel), a 1991 Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki
• Ring (Baxter novel), a 1994 science fiction novel

Music

Albums

• Ring (Gary Burton album), 1974
• Ring (The Connells album), 1993
• Ring (Miliyah Kato album), 2009
• Ring (Glasser album), 2010

Songs

• "Ring" (B'z song), 2000
• "Ring" (Cardi B song), 2018
• "Ring" (Selena Gomez song), 2020
• "Ring Ring" (ABBA song), 1973
• "Rings" (song), 1971 song covered by Lonnie Mack, Cymarron, Tompall & the Glaser Brothers, and others
• "Rings" (Aesop Rock song), 2016

Other

• Ring (band), a 1980s British band
• Ring of bells, an instrument
• "The Ring", Der Ring des Nibelungen, four operas by Richard Wagner

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages, an alternate name includes ring structure

Mathematics

• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
  • Subring
• Annulus (mathematics), a geometric ring shaped like a circle
• Prime ring
• Ring of sets
• Ring theory, an algebraic theory on the study of rings
• Torus, a doughnut shape

Science and technology

Chemistry

• Ring (chemistry), a cyclic molecule
• RING finger domain, a protein structural domain

Computing

• Ring (computer security), a layer of protection in computer systems
• Ring (data structure), also known as ring buffer or circular buffer
• Ring (software), VOIP software
• Ring network, a network topology

Other uses in science and technology

• Annulus (mycology), also called a ring or an annulus
• Bird ringing, in biology, identification rings put on birds' legs
• Coffee ring or coffee ring effect
• Piston ring
• Ring system, in astronomy, matter orbiting a planet or other stellar body

Sports

• Ring (boxing)
• Ring (wrestling)
• Rings (gymnastics), a gymnastics apparatus and its associated event
• Fighting Network Rings, a martial arts organization also known as RINGS
• Juggling rings

Organization types

• Crime ring
• Rings, local clubs of the International Brotherhood of Magicians

Other uses

• Ring Inc., a home security company owned by Amazon, which makes the Ring Video Doorbell (a product marketed as simply Ring)
• Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"
• Auction ring, a bidding practice, also known as collusion, used in auctions
• Brass ring
• Cock ring
• Ring road, a type of highway encircling a town or city
• D-ring

See also

• Category:Rings (jewellery)
• All pages with titles beginning with ring
• All pages with titles containing ring
• Annulus (disambiguation)
• Ring of Honor (disambiguation)
• Ring structure (disambiguation)
• Ringe (disambiguation)
• Ringo (disambiguation)
• The Ring (disambiguation)