Assignment
# Assignment

Assignment, assign or The Assignment may refer to:

* Homework
* Sex assignment
* The process of sending National Basketball Association players to its development league; see NBA G League § Assignment

## Computing

* Assignment (computer science), a type of modification to a variable
* Drive letter assignment, the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to disk drives or partitions
* ASSIGN (DOS command)

## Mathematics

* Assignment problem, a type of math problem
* Assignment (mathematical logic)

## Financial and legal

* Assignment (housing law), a concept that allows the transfer of a tenancy from one person to another
* Assignment (law), a transfer of rights between two parties
* Along with clearing, a stage in exercising a financial option
* General assignment or Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, an alternative to bankruptcy for businesses that's available in British common law and some US states

## Entertainment

### Literature

* The Assignment (novella), by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
* The Assignment, a 2016 book by Sophie Labelle
* The Assignment, a 2020 novel by Liza Wiemer

### Film and TV

* The Assignment (1977 film)
* The Assignment (1997 film)
* Assignment (2015 film)
* The Assignment (2016 film)
* "The Assignment" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
* Assignment (TV program), a late night news magazine program

### Podcasts

* The Assignment, a podcast by Audie Cornish
