title: Assignment
text: # 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
  