Big (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Big means large
in size. It may also refer to the following
:
Large
Large is an English surname, with variants including, but not limited too Lardge, Lurge, and Larg. Its meaning is variable, though it may derive from the Norman French adjective, large , as it is found in the surname "le Large" in English records dating back as far...
in size. It may also refer to the following
Following
Following is a 1998 British neo-noir film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance...
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Music
- Big: the musical a musical based on the above film
- Big (album)Big (album)Big is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Macy Gray, released in the United States on March 27, 2007 by Geffen Records. It is Gray's first studio album in four years....
, an album by Macy Gray - Big RecordsBig RecordsBig Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Paul Paoliello, former Managing Director of Zomba Records' Australasian affiliate from its inception in 1999 until its sale to Rajon Music Group in 2003. Its artists include Tina Cousins, The Teenage Idols,...
, a record label - Big (song)Big (song)"Big" is the first single by Australian rock band Dead Letter Circus from their debut studio album This Is the Warning. It is the band's fifth single overall, following "The Space on the Wall", "Next in Line", "Reaction", and "Disconnect and Apply"...
, a song by Australian band Dead Letter CircusDead Letter CircusDead Letter Circus are an alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, who have been compared to The Mars Volta and Karnivool and have become one of the more popular bands in Australian rock...
. - Big (song), by the band New Fast Automatic DaffodilsNew Fast Automatic DaffodilsNew Fast Automatic Daffodils were an alternative rock group from Manchester, England, active between 1988 and 1995.-History:The band was formed in 1988 by former members of the punk rock group Pariah...
Characters
- Big the Cat, fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog game universe
- Big, a fictional Buddhist monk in the movie Running on KarmaRunning on KarmaRunning on Karma , also known as An Intelligent Muscle Man, is a 2003 Hong Kong film, produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. It is ultimately a Buddhist parable about the nature of karma. There were some cuts in the Mainland China edition to meet the requirements for release...
- BigThe PerhapanautsThe Perhapanauts is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005.The first two mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances," were published by Dark Horse Comics, although it was announced on October 31, 2007, that forthcoming Perhapanauts comics...
, a fictional character in the American comic book series The PerhapanautsThe PerhapanautsThe Perhapanauts is an American comic book series created by writer Todd Dezago and artist Craig Rousseau in 2005.The first two mini-series, "First Blood" and "Second Chances," were published by Dark Horse Comics, although it was announced on October 31, 2007, that forthcoming Perhapanauts comics...
Organizations
- Bjarke IngelsBjarke IngelsBjarke Ingels is a Danish architect. He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006. In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi...
Group, a Danish architecture firm - BIG — BundesimmobiliengesellschaftBundesimmobiliengesellschaftBundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H or BIG is a quasi-governmental company in Austria, which manages Austrian publicly owned real estate. BIG is the central provider of space for several public sector functions such as schools, universities, prisons, courts and police stations...
, a quasi-governmental companyGovernment-owned corporationA government-owned corporation, state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, government business enterprise, or parastatal is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner government...
in AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... - BIG Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffenBrandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffenThe Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen/Information Centre for Dangerous Goods , established in the Flemish city of Geel, collects and validates information on dangerous goods.-History:...
, Information Centre for Dangerous goods in BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... - BIG Beijing Institute of GenomicsBeijing Institute of GenomicsBeijing Institute of Genomics is a genomics research center of Chinese Academy of Sciences .-History:BIG was officially founded on November 28, 2003 by Yang Huanming, Yujun and others scientists....
, an institute focusing on genomics research of Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesThe Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
Media
- Big!Big!Big! is a TV series in which an episode consists of a team of engineers manufacturing the world's biggest items for the sake of setting world records.The devices have to function to qualify.The series originally aired on Discovery Channel in...
, a Discovery Channel television show in which items were built on a large scale for the sake of breaking world records. - BIGChristine LovattChristine Lovatt is an Australian crossword puzzle compiler and co-founder of Lovatts Publications, an Australian magazine company that publishes crossword and sudoku puzzles....
, a crossword magazine in Australia, NZ & the UK
Acronym
- BIG, a codename for a VOR navigational beacon at London Biggin Hill AirportLondon Biggin Hill AirportLondon Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south southeast of Central London, United Kingdom...
- Allen Army AirfieldAllen Army AirfieldAllen Army Airfield is a public/military airport serving Fort Greely and located three miles south of the central business district of Delta Junction, a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska...
(IATA: BIG) - Breast International GroupBreast International GroupThe Breast International Group -aisbl is a non-profit organisation for academic breast cancer research groups from around the world, with its headquarters at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium....
- Basic incomeBasic incomeA basic income guarantee is a proposed system of social security, that regularly provides each citizen with a sum of money. In contrast to income redistribution between nations themselves, the phrase basic income defines payments to individuals rather than households, groups, or nations, in order...
grant- The basic income grant pilot project at OmitaraOmitaraOmitara is a settlement in the Steinhausen electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of Namibia. Together with the adjacent village of Otjivero — the two places are often referred to as one — it has a population of approximately 1,200 as of October 2008...
, Namibia ("BIG Namibia")
- The basic income grant pilot project at Omitara