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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), 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 v ...
a Cambodian harp
* Pin (film), ''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
* The Pin (comedy act), on BBC Radio 4
* "The Pin", a song from the Goo Goo Dolls' album ''Boxes (Goo Goo Dolls album), Boxes''
* Bridge pin, on a keyboard musical instrument
Sports and games
* Pin (amateur wrestling), holding an opponent down
* Pin (professional wrestling), wrestling move
* Pin (bridge), a maneuver in the game of bridge
* Pin (chess), when a defending chess piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece
* Bowling pin, the target of the bowling ball in various bowling games
* Gabriele Pin (born 1962), Italian footballer
Other uses
* Pin, Haute-Saône, French commune
* Police Information Notice in the UK
* Postal code, a series of digits or letters used in a postal address
* Postal Index Number, postal code of locations in India
* PIN Group, a German postal company
* People in Need (Czech Republic), an organization
* Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
* PIN proteins in plants
* Progressive inflammatory neuropathy, a disease
* Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, an abnormality of prostatic glands
* Center pin, on railway vehicles
* Dowel or dowel pin
* Preferred IUPAC name, a chemical name
* Abbreviation of ''Pinxit''
* Half a firkin in English brewery cask units#Pin, English brewery cask units
* Pinacol, Pinacolate group, sometimes abbreviated pin
See also
*PINS (disambiguation) ''Includes "Pins"''
* Hairpin (disambiguation)
* Kingpin (disambiguation)
* Pinning (disambiguation)
* Pinhead (disambiguation)
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