Trigger

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Trigger may refer to:

Notable animals and people

• Trigger (horse), owned by cowboy star Roy Rogers
• Trigger Alpert (1916–2013), American jazz bassist
• Bruce Trigger (1937–2006), Canadian archaeologist

Technology

• Trigger (firearms), a mechanism that actuates the firing of firearms
• Database trigger
• Dead man's trigger, a safety device that activates safeguards if the operator is incapacitated
• Flip-flop (electronics), called a trigger circuit by IBM
• Image trigger, a device used in high speed cameras
• Schmitt trigger, an electronic circuit
• Trigger function, in event-driven programming

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Trigger (Only Fools and Horses), a BBC sitcom character played by Roger Lloyd-Pack
• Trigger Argee, a fictional character in a series of science fiction short stories by James H. Schmitz
• Devil Trigger, a transformation ability found in the Devil May Cry series
• Trigger, a fictional horse in "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"

Films

• Trigger (film), a 2010 Canadian film
• Trigger, Jr. (1950), an American film starring Roy Rogers

Literature

• The Trigger, a 1999 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Triggers (novel), a 2012 science fiction novel by Robert J. Sawyer

Music

Groups and labels

• Trigger (band), Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band

Albums and EPs

• Trigger (EP), an EP and song by the Swedish band In Flames
• Trigger (Porno Graffitti album), an album by the Japanese band Porno Graffitti

Instruments

• Trigger (drums), a transducer that allows a drum to control an electronic device
• Trigger (guitar), the Martin N-20 guitar played by Willie Nelson
• Trigger (trombone), a switch that enables a trombonist to switch from one set of tubing to another
• Trigger pad, a device used in electronic percussion

Brands and enterprises

• Trigger (company), a Japanese animation studio founded by Hiroyuki Imaishi

Ships

• USS Trigger (SS-237), a submarine
• USS Trigger (SS-564), a submarine

Science

• Trigger (particle physics), hardware or software based device for the (online-)selection of specific event classes from large datasets
• Trigger, one event that makes a slope failure in landslides, in the causes of landslides
• Environmental trigger, a factor caused (or aided) by the environment
• ATLAS trigger system, in the ATLAS experiment

Biology

• Hibernation induction trigger, a blood substance that induces hibernation
• Seizure trigger, a factor that can cause a seizure
• Spawning triggers, environmental cues that cause fish to breed

Other uses

• Trigger, a verb conjugation specifying the subject's role in languages with Austronesian alignment
• Casus belli, an event triggering a war
• Trauma trigger, an event causing traumatic memories or feelings to resurface

See also

• All pages beginning with "Trigger"
• All pages with titles containing Trigger