Ring most broadly refers 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

Sounds

• 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
• An apparent sound in the ears, which may be a symptom of tinnitus

Arts and entertainment

Film

• The Ring (1927 film), a 1927 silent sports film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Ring (film), a 1998 horror film by Hideo Nakata
• The Ring (2002 film), a 2002 horror film by Gore Verbinski
• Rings (2005 film), a 2005 horror short film by Jonathan Liebesman
• 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

Games

• Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Ring (video game)

Literature

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

Music

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

Albums

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

Songs

• "Ring" (song), by Japanese duo B'z
• "Rings" (song), a 1971 song by Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
• "Ring Ring" (song), Abba song

Consumer products

• Ring Video Doorbell, a product marketed as simply ring

Science and technology

Astronomy

• Planetary ring, matter orbiting a planet

Biology

• Bird ringing, identification rings put on birds' legs

Chemistry

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

Computers

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

Mathematics

• Ring (mathematics), an algebraic structure
• Ring (geometric), or Annulus (mathematics), a circular shape
• Torus, a doughnut shape
• Ring of sets
• Ring theory, an algebraic theory on the study of rings

People

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

Places

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

Sports

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

Other uses (many with literal or figurative circular shapes)

• Auction ring, a bidding practice, also known as Collusion, used in auctions
• Ring (diacritic), as in "Åmål"
• Brass ring
• Cock ring
• Crime ring
• Piston ring
• Coffee ring or coffee ring effect
• Bathtub ring, the circle of dirt left behind by receding dirty bathwater
• Rings (local I.B.M. clubs)
• Ring of bells
• Ring road, a type of highway encircling a town or city
• Chiastic structure, or chiastic pattern, a literary technique in narrative motifs and other textual passages, an alternate name includes ring structure

See also

• The Ring (disambiguation)
• Ring structure
• All pages beginning with "ring"
• Category:Rings