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pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.
Pin or PIN may also refer to:
Computers and technology
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Personal identification number
A personal identification number (PIN), or sometimes redundantly a PIN number or PIN code, is a numeric (sometimes alpha-numeric) passcode used in the process of authenticating a user accessing a system.
The PIN has been the key to facilitat ...
(PIN), to access a secured system
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PIN pad, a PIN entry device
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PIN, a former Dutch debit card system
* An image on
Pinterest
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PIN diode, a semiconductor diode
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Pin, a short lead in electronics
* Pinning, the act of attaching a
social media post to the top of a page to signify importance
* To pin an object to another object in interface, such as pinning an application to the
taskbar
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Pin (computer program)
Pin is a platform for creating analysis tools. A pin tool comprises instrumentation, analysis and callback routines. Instrumentation routines are called when code that has not yet been recompiled is about to be run, and enable the insertion of ana ...
, a platform for creating analysis tools
Awards, brooches, or fasteners
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Award pin, recognising an achievement
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Bobby pin
A bobby pin (also known as a kirby grip or hair grip in the United Kingdom) is a type of hairpin, usually of metal or plastic, used in coiffure to hold hair in place. It is a small double-pronged hair pin or clip that slides into hair with the pr ...
or kirby grip or hair grip, a hairpin
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Clevis pin, a three-piece fastener system
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Collar pin, for a shirt collar
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Drawing pin or thumbtack
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Lapel pin, a small pin worn on clothing
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Pin-back button, a badge fastened to garments with a safety pin.
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Safety pin, pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp
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Split pin
A split pin, also known in the United States of America as a cotter pin or cotter key, is a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation, similar to a staple or rivet. Typically made of thick wire with a half-circular cross s ...
or cotter pin, a fastener
Music and film
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Pin (harp)
The pin ( km, ពិណ, ) is a Cambodian harp, one of the most historically important instruments in Cambodian music. The instrument went extinct 1500s, and is now being restored in modern times. Its historical importance is emphasized by the ...
a Cambodian
harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...
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''Pin'' (film), 1988, Canada
* "Pin", a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from the album ''
Fever to Tell'', 2003
* "Pin", a song by Anuel AA, from the album ''
Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren'', 2021
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The Pin (comedy act), on BBC Radio 4
* "The Pin", a song from the Goo Goo Dolls' album ''
Boxes
A box (plural: boxes) is a container used for the storage or transportation of its contents. Most boxes have flat, parallel, rectangular sides. Boxes can be very small (like a matchbox) or very large (like a shipping box for furniture), and can ...
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Bridge pin, on a keyboard musical instrument
Sports and games
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Pin (amateur wrestling), holding an opponent down
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Pin (professional wrestling), wrestling move
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Pin (bridge), a maneuver in the game of bridge
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Pin (chess), when a defending chess piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece
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Bowling pin, the target of the bowling ball in various bowling games
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Gabriele Pin
Gabriele Pin (born 21 January 1962) is an Italian football coach, and a former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Al-Ittihad Kalba.
Pin became a coach after a long professional career as a midfielder. As a player, he won the Scudett ...
(born 1962), Italian footballer
Other uses
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Pin, Haute-Saône
Pin () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.Police Information Notice
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c 40) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. On introducing the Bill's second reading in the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, said, "The aim of this Bill is to ...
in the UK
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Postal code, a series of digits or letters used in a postal address
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Postal Index Number, postal code of locations in India
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PIN Group, a German postal company
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People in Need (Czech Republic)
People in Need (PIN) ( cz, Člověk v tísni) is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic. PIN implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects, educational programmes, and human rights pr ...
, an organization
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Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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PIN proteins in plants
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Progressive inflammatory neuropathy
Progressive inflammatory neuropathy is a disease that was identified in a report, released on January 31, 2008, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first known outbreak of this neuropathy occurred in southeastern Minnesota in the ...
, a disease
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Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) is an abnormality of prostatic glands and believed to precede the development of prostate adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer).
It may be referred to simply as prostatic i ...
, an abnormality of prostatic glands
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Center pin
A bogie or railroad truck holds the Wheelset (rail transport), wheel sets of a rail vehicle.
Axlebox
An ''axle box'', also known as a ''journal box'' in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wa ...
, on railway vehicles
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Dowel
A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a ''dowel rod''. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins. Dowels are commonly used as structural ...
or dowel pin
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Preferred IUPAC name, a chemical name
* Abbreviation of ''
Pinxit''
* Half a firkin in
English brewery cask units
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Pinacolate group, sometimes abbreviated pin
See also
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PINS (disambiguation) ''Includes "Pins"''
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Hairpin (disambiguation)
A hairpin is a device used to hold a person's hair in place.
Hairpin or Hairpins may also refer to:
*Hairpin turn, a tight turn on a road
* Hairpin cotter, a formed wire fastener most commonly used in clevis pins
*Hairpin clip, a formed wire fast ...
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Kingpin (disambiguation)
Kingpin or king pin may refer to:
Vehicular part
* Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism
** The central bolt of a skateboard, axle assembly ("truck"), around which the rest of the mechanism can flex, allowing the rider ...
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Pinning (disambiguation) Pinning may refer to:
* Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down
* Pinning ceremony (nursing), a symbolic welcoming of new graduates into the nursing profession
* Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned ob ...
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Pinhead (disambiguation)
A pinhead is the head of a pin.
Pinhead may also mean:
* Pinhead, a person with microcephaly
* Pinhead (''Hellraiser''), the primary antagonist from the ''Hellraiser'' films
* Pinhead (''Neighbours''), a character in the Australian soap opera ...
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