Trigger

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Trigger may refer to:

• Trigger (firearms), a mechanism that actuates the firing of firearms
• Trigger pad, a device used in electronic percussion
• Image trigger, a device used in highspeed cameras
• Schmitt trigger, an electronic circuit
• USS Trigger (SS-237), a submarine
• USS Trigger (SS-564), a submarine
• Trauma trigger, an event causing traumatic memories or feelings to resurface.
• Bruce Trigger, archeologist
• Trigger (horse), owned by cowboy star Roy Rogers.
• Trigger (trombone), a switch that enables a trombonist to switch from one set of tubing to another
• Trigger (Only Fools and Horses), a fictional character from the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses
• Trigger, a fictional horse in Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
• Devil Trigger, a transformation ability found in the Devil May Cry series
• A Casus belli, an event triggering a war
• TRIGGER, development of a pea starch film with trigger biodegradation properties for agricultural applications
• An electrical signal used for synchronisation.
• Trigger, a verb conjugation specifying the subject's role in languages with Austronesian alignment

In computing:

• Trigger function in event-driven programming
• Database trigger, procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular table in a database
• Trigger circuit, IBM's name for a flip-flop.

In physics:

• Trigger (particle physics), hardware or software based device for the (online-)selection of specific event classes from large datasets (see also: ATLAS trigger system)

In music:

• Trigger (guitar), the Martin N-20 guitar played by Willie Nelson.
• Trigger (EP), an EP by the Swedish band In Flames
• "Trigger", a bonus song by The Rasmus from their 2005 album Hide from the Sun
• "Trigger", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope

See also

• Chrono Trigger, a video game about time travel
• Trigger list, a list whose items are used to initiate ("trigger") certain actions
• Triggerfish

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