Science and Technology
- PIGS (genetics), a human gene
- Humber Pig, a British military vehicle
- Pig (pipeline inspection gauge), used in pigging, a form of pipeline maintenance
- Pig (programming tool), a MapReduce programming tool used on Hadoop
- Distillation pig, a piece of glassware that allows fractions to be collected without breaking vacuum
- Pig iron, a type of smelted iron
- Pig, another term for ingot
- Lead pig, a container made of lead shielding for storing and transporting radioactive materials
- Pig, a small sandbag used for flood control inside a building
- The Pig, a firefighting tool
- Nickname for the M60 machine gun
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