Piggybacking
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Piggybacking literally refers to carrying someone on one's back or shoulders. It may also refer to:
- Piggyback (transportation), something that is riding on the back of something else
- Piggybacking (security), when an authorized person allows (intentionally or unintentionally) others to pass through a secure door
- Splash cymbal piggybacking, mounting a cymbal on top of an already stand-mounted cymbal
- Piggybacking, a practice in which a person with bad credit uses the seasoned trade line of credit of someone else
- Piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii
- Piggy-back (law), shareholder selling rights
- A technique used in astrophotography
Electronics
- Piggyback board, a daughterboard
Telecommunications
- Piggybacking (data transmission), a bi-directional data transmission technique in network layer, sending data along with ACK called Piggybacking
- Piggybacking (Internet access), obtaining wireless access by bringing one's own computer within the range of another subscriber's service
Transport
Other
- Piggybacking, a second infusion set onto the same line using a Y-Set (intravenous therapy)
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