Sig

Sig may refer to:

Sig (Algeria), a city in Algeria, on the banks of the Sig River or Wadi

Sig River (130 miles (210 km) long), rise in the Amour Range in Algeria and flows north into a marshy plain out of which flows the Macta

Sig (rune), an Armanen rune, later used for the Schutzstaffel (SS) logo

Sig Hansen, captain of the American fishing vessel Northwestern

SIG, LLP, a global quantitative trading and technology firm

Signature, in various senses

Sig, a character from the Jak & Daxter video game series

Sig, abbreviation of Signore ("Lord") in Italian

Signa or Signatura, the "signature" section of a medical prescription, which contains directions to the patient, and the signature of the prescribing doctor

a signature block in e-mail messaging (.sig)

Coregonus, the common whitefish, known as Sig in Russian

Sig Alert, an alert for traffic congestion in California, named after Loyd Sigmon (contrary to popular belief, it is not an acronym for "stuck in gridlock")

The acronym SIG may stand for:

SIG (band), a Finnish band

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Sig, Algeria

Sig (known under the Romans as Tasacora and under the French as Saint-Denis-de-Sig) is a town with wide streets and tree-filled squares. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria. Its population was 61,373 in 2008.

The town's public garden is on the bank of the Sig river just down stream the confluence of the le-Mebtoûh and the Matarah. Sig is surrounded by fertile land irrigated by the Barrages des Cheurfas (dams) 25 kilometres (16 mi) upstream with the overflow stored in the Petit Barrage (little dams) 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) upstream from the town. The local land supports the growing of olives (groves of which surround the town), cotton, flax, grains, tobacco, and wine, much of which is proceed locally and exported. The other local industry is quarrying which for diatomite in Kieselguhr which is located neadby.

Sig is located about 29 kilometres (18 mi) south the Gulf of Arzew, separated by the Sig plains and north-west of Mount Touakas (349 metres (1,145 ft) high). Sig is about 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of Oran and 450 kilometres (280 mi) from Algiers. The temperatures there usually rise from May to the end of August. It can reach up to 44 °C (111 °F) and become very hot in a desert-like terrain.

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Jak and Daxter

Jak and Daxter is a video game franchise created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin and owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. The series was developed by Naughty Dog with a number of installments being outsourced to Ready at Dawn and High Impact Games. The first entry was one of the earliest titles released on the PlayStation 2, and is regarded as a defining franchise for the console.

The games are considered story-based platformers that feature a mixture of action, racing and puzzle solving. The series is set in a fictional universe that incorporates science fantasy elements, and centers on the titular characters as they try to uncover the secrets of their world, and unravel the mysteries left behind by an ancient race of Precursors.

The first three games in the series were re-released on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita as part of a remastered collection that includes support for the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Suite. The remastered collection was handled by Mass Media Inc. with Naughty Dog assisting with the conversion of the games. The series has also produced various forms of extended media and merchandise, and has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

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