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I believe pig is a word, not an acronym, although maybe it's a bacronym now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigging

> Some early cleaning "pigs" were made from straw bales wrapped in barbed wire[4] while others used leather.[5] Both made a squealing noise while traveling through the pipe, sounding to some like a pig squealing,[6] which gave pigs their name.[7][8]



I worked on a PIG app several years ago, fun project - https://atomicobject.com/portfolio/microline-embedded-softwa...


That’s really slick and looks easy to use, good job!


The smart pigs honestly look like a pigs snout flying down the pipe.




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