pin A pin is a device, typically pointed, used for fastening objects or fabrics together. Pins can have the following sorts of body: *a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole (as with pivots, hinges, an ...

is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Pin or PIN may also refer to:

People

* Ayah Pin (1941–2016), Malaysian cult leader

Surname "Pin"

Camille Pin Camille Pin (born 25 August 1981) is a French former professional tennis player. Her 2006 season was rather successful, for a player ranked lower than the top 100 in the WTA Tour. After a second-round loss to Serena Williams in the Australian O ...

(born 1981), French tennis player * Celeste Pin (born 1961), Italian soccer player *

Doriane Pin Doriane Pin (born 6 January 2004) is a French List of female racing drivers, racing driver who is part of the Iron Dames programme and the Mercedes Junior Team. She is currently competing in 2025 F1 Academy season, F1 Academy and the 2025 Formul ...

(born 2004), French racing driver * Gabriele Pin (born 1962), Italian soccer player *

Jean-Éric Pin Jean-Éric Pin is a French mathematician and theoretical computer scientist known for his contributions to the algebraic automata theory and semigroup theory. He is a CNRS research director. Biography Pin earned his undergraduate degree from ENS ...

, French mathematician

Given name "Pin"

* Haing Pin (1942–2020), Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader * Luo Pin (1733–1799; zh, links=no, 羅聘), Chinese Qing Dynasty painter * Lu Pin (disambiguation), several people * Pin Malakul (1903–1995), Thai educator * Mun Pin (1998–2023; ), South Korean entertainer * Sun Pin (3rd century BCE), Chinese Warring States era general * Ts'ao Pin (931–999; zh, links=no, 曹彬), Chinese general * Wang Pin (born 1974; zh, links=no, 王频), chess player * Wen Pin (3rd century CE), Chinese Three Kingdoms era general * Wu Pin (16th century CE; zh, links=no, 吳彬), Chinese Ming Dynasty landscape painter * Yu Pin (disambiguation), several people * Paul Yu Pin (1901–1978; zh, links=no, 于斌, Yu Pin), Chinese Catholic cardinal

Places

* Le Pin (disambiguation) (), several places *

Pin, Haute-Saône Pin () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.Pin (harp) The pin (, ) is a Cambodian arched harp, one of the most historically important instruments in Cambodian music. The instrument went extinct 16th century, and is now being restored in modern times. Its historical importance is emphasized by the ...

, a Cambodian musical instrument * "Pin", a song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the 2003 album ''

Fever to Tell ''Fever to Tell'' is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released on April 29, 2003, by Interscope Records. It was produced by David Andrew Sitek and mixed by Alan Moulder. Four singles were issued, the first bei ...

'' * "Pin", a song by Grimes from the 2015 album ''

Art Angels ''Art Angels'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes. It was digitally released on November 6, 2015, through 4AD, and in physical formats on December 11. Boucher began planning the record in 2013 as the follow-up to her third s ...

'' * "The Pin", a song by Goo Goo Dolls from the 2016 album '' Boxes'' * "Pin", a song by Anuel AA from the 2021 album ''

Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren ''Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren'' is the third solo studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA. It was released on November 26, 2021, through Real Hasta la Muerte and Sony Music Latin. The album follows his second studio album ''Emmanuel'' (202 ...

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Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Pin'' (film), a 1988 Canadian horror film * ''Pin'' (novel), a 1981 American gothic horror thriller novel by Andrew Neiderman * The Pin (comedy act), on BBC Radio 4

Science and technology

* Pin (computer program), a platform for creating analysis tools * Pin (electronics), a short lead * Pin, an image on

Pinterest Pinterest is an American social media service for publishing and discovery of information in the form of digital Bulletin board, pinboards. This includes recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration on the Internet using image sharing. Pint ...

social media service * Pin, to attach programs or files to a

taskbar The taskbar is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, displaying and facilitating switching between running computer program, programs. The taskbar and the associated Start menu, Start Menu were ...

in a graphical user interface *

Personal identification number A personal identification number (PIN; sometimes RAS syndrome, redundantly a PIN code or PIN number) 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 faci ...

, or PIN, a numeric passcode *

PIN diode A PIN diode is a diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region. The p-type and n-type regions are typically heavily doping (semiconductor), doped because they are used ...

, a semiconductor device *

PIN proteins PIN proteins are integral membrane proteins in plants that transport the anionic form of the hormone auxin across membranes. The discovery of the initial member of the PIN gene family, PIN1, occurred through the identification of the pin-formed1 ...

, integral membrane proteins in plants *

Preferred IUPAC name In chemical nomenclature, a preferred IUPAC name (PIN) is a unique name, assigned to a chemical substance and preferred among all possible names generated by IUPAC nomenclature. The "preferred IUPAC nomenclature" provides a set of rules for choo ...

(PIN), a unique chemical name * Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), an abnormality of prostatic glands

Sports and games

Pin (amateur wrestling) A pin, or fall, is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling that is met by holding an opponent's shoulders or scapulae (shoulder blades) on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time. This article deals with the pin as it is def ...

, a grappling hold that ends a match *

Pin (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a pin is a move where a wrestler holds an opponent's shoulders to the mat in an attempt to score a fall. A pinfall is a common victory condition, where the attacker pins an opponent and the referee makes a three count ...

, a wrestling move *

Pin (bridge) In bridge and similar trick-taking games, the term pin refers to the lead of a higher card from one hand to capture a singleton of lower rank in an opponent's hand. Example South wants five tricks from this suit. If the opponents' cards split 3-2 ...

, a maneuver in the game of bridge *

Pin (chess) In chess, a pin is a tactic in which a defending piece cannot move out of an attacking piece's line of attack without exposing a more valuable defending piece. Moving the attacking piece to effect the pin is called ''pinning''; the defending piec ...

, a chess tactic *

Bowling pin Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp. maple) standing between 9 and 16 inches (23 and 41cm) tall. Some have interior voids to ...

, the target of a bowling ball

Other uses

* Piame language (ISO 639 language code pin) * Pin, a cask size of half a firkin in

English brewery cask units Capacities of brewery casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units, which was originally based on the ale gallon of exactly (or exactly US gallons). With the adoption of the imperial system in ...

PIN (debit card) PIN was a debit card brand in the Netherlands from 1990 until 2012, owned by Currence. PIN was a magnetic stripe card, which never migrated to the EMV chip. It was therefore discontinued in 2012, after the switch-over from magnetic stripe authenti ...

, a Dutch debit card brand *

PIN Group In mathematics, the pin group is a certain subgroup of the Clifford algebra associated to a quadratic space. It maps 2-to-1 to the orthogonal group, just as the spin group maps 2-to-1 to the special orthogonal group. In general the map from th ...

, a German postal company *

Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences The Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; ) in Moscow is among a paleontological institute. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other ...

(PIN), Moscow, Russia *

Paramount International Networks Paramount International Networks (PIN) is the international division of the Paramount Media Networks subsidiary of Paramount Global that oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of its brands outside of the United States. These brands ...

, a division of media company Paramount Global *

People in Need People in Need (PIN; ) is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic. PIN implements Humanitarian Aid, humanitarian relief and long term Development aid, development projects, educational programmes, and huma ...

(PIN), a Czech non-profit organization * Police Information Notice (PIN), issued under the UK Protection from Harassment Act 1997 *

Postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

, or PIN, a series of digits or letters used in a postal address **

Postal Index Number A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post. On 15 August 2022, the PIN system celebrated its 50th anniversary. History The PIN system was introd ...

, in India * ''

Pinxit (from Latin: 'one painted') is a stylized amendment added to the signature depiction of the name of the person responsible for a work of art, found conventionally in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is sometimes abbreviated ''P'', ''P ...

'', abbreviated PIN, added to the signature of a painter *

Public Integrity Section The Public Integrity Section (PIN) is a section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with combating political corruption at all levels of government through the prosecution of corrupt federal, state, and local electe ...

, a section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division *

Award pin An award pin is a small object, usually made from metal or plastic, with a pin on the back, presented as an award of achievement or a mark of appreciation. They are worn on clothes such as jackets, shirts or hats. Description Award pins usual ...

, recognising an achievement *

Lapel pin A lapel pin, also known as an enamel pin, is a small brooch, pin worn on clothing, often on the Jacket lapel, lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affi ...

, a small pin worn on clothing