Pir or PIR may refer to:

Places

Pir, Kerman Pir ( fa, پير, also Romanized as Pīr; also known as Piroo’eyeh, Pīrū, and Pīrū’īyeh) is a village in Dashtab Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Re ...

, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Pir, Satu Mare, commune in Satu Mare County, Romania

Religion

Pir (Alevism) In Alevism, a Pir meaning Elder is one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism. The rank of Dede or Ana are selected from among the Pirs. See also * Pir Turkish culture Alevism Islam in Turkey Shia Islam in Turkey {{islam-stub ...

, one of the 12 ranks of Imam in Alevism * Pir (Sufism), a Sufi teacher or spiritual leader *

Pir (Zoroastrianism) Pir ( fa, پیر) refers to a site of pilgrimage, typically one of the Zoroastrian faith, in Persian. Pirs range from localized devotional sites to major centers of worship.Aspandyar Sohrab Gotla (2000). "Guide to Zarthoshtrian historical places in ...

, pilgrimage site in Persia, typically Zoroastrian

Science and technology

* PIR (gene), for a human protein that is a possible transcriptional coregulator *

Parrot intermediate representation The Parrot intermediate representation (PIR), previously called Intermediate code (IMC), is one of the two assembly languages for the Parrot virtual machine. The other is Parrot assembly language or PASM. Compared to PASM, PIR exists at a slightly ...

, one of the two assembly languages for the Parrot virtual machine *

Partners in Research Partners In Research (PIR) is a registered Canadian charitable organization, charity founded in 1988 to advocate the significance of biomedical research in advancing health and medicine. Since its foundation, PIR has broadened its scope to encomp ...

, Canadian bio-medical research charity *

Passive infrared sensor A passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) is an electronic sensor that measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors. PIR sensors are commonly used in security alarms ...

, detects infrared emission * Peak information rate, a burstable rate set on routers and switches that allow throughput overhead *

Polyisocyanurate Polyisocyanurate (), also referred to as PIR, polyiso, or ISO, is a thermoset plastic typically produced as a foam and used as rigid thermal insulation. The starting materials are similar to those used in polyurethane (PUR) except that the propor ...

, a plastic used for thermal insulation *

Private information retrieval In cryptography, a private information retrieval (PIR) protocol is a protocol that allows a user to retrieve an item from a server in possession of a database without revealing which item is retrieved. PIR is a weaker version of 1-out-of-''n'' obli ...

, a protocol for retrieving data without revealing what was retrieved *

Protein Information Resource The Protein Information Resource (PIR), located at Georgetown University Medical Center, is an integrated public bioinformatics resource to support genomic and proteomic research, and scientific studies. It contains protein sequences databases H ...

, database and bioinformatics resource *

Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit based in Reston, Virginia, created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .ORG top-level domain. It took over operation of .ORG in January 2003 and launched the .NGO and .ONG top-level domains in ...

, manages .org Internet domain

Other

* Pir, a song by Prakash Saput *

Pacific Imperial Railroad The Pacific Imperial Railroad (reporting mark PIR) was a company in possession of the SD&AE Desert Line right of way in Southern California, colloquially referred to as the Desert Line. The Desert Line starts at the border crossing at Division, ne ...

, a defunct railway company in California *

Performance Index Rating Performance Index Rating (PIR) is a basketball mathematical statistical formula that is used by the Euroleague Basketball Company's first and second tier competitions, the EuroLeague and the EuroCup, as well as various European national dom ...

, a statistical formula in basketball *

Philadelphia International Records Philadelphia International Records (PIR) was an American record label based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1971 by songwriting and production duo Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff along with their longtime collaborator Thom Bell. ...

, a record company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * ''

Philosophy in Review ''Philosophy in Review'', formerly ''Canadian Philosophical Reviews'', is an English-language online open access journal, that specializes in the review of books about philosophy. It is published six times a year and covers all areas of and approac ...

'', an academic journal * Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona *

Pir of the Britons Pir was a legendary king of the Britons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''History of the Kings of Britain ''Historia regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called ''De gestis Britonum'' (''On the Deeds of th ...

, king of the Britons *

Pir Roshan Bāyazīd Khān Ansārī Pīr Rōshān ( ps, ) or Pīr Rōkhān (1525–1585) was an Afghan warrior, poet, Sufi, and revolutionary leader. He wrote mostly in Pashto, but also in Persian, Hindustani, and Arabic, while he also spoke Ormuri. H ...

(born 1525), Pashtun warrior-poet and intellectual *

Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad The Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad was a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It was owned by RailTex, which bought the line from Conrail in 1996. In 2000, after ...

, reporting mark *

Portland International Raceway Portland International Raceway (PIR) is a motorsport facility in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is part of the Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It lies west of the Delta Park/Vanpo ...

, Portland, Oregon *

Pre-Islamic recent period The Recent Pre-Islamic Period ( période préislamique récente, abbreviated PIR) is an archaeological assemblage which is manifest in the few centuries around the year 0 in the lower Persian Gulf. It was discovered in the mid 1970s by Iraqi archa ...

, an archaeological assemblage in the Persian Gulf * ''

Prosopographia Imperii Romani The ', abbreviated ''PIR'', is a collective historical work to establish the prosopography of high-profile people from the Roman empire. The time period covered extends from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC to the reign of Diocletian. The final vol ...

'', a collection of Latin inscriptions on notable Romans * Parachute Infantry Regiment, airborne infantry unit of the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

* PIR, IATA code for

Pierre Regional Airport Pierre Regional Airport is a public airport three miles east of Pierre, in Hughes County, South Dakota. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 15,983 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 13,692 in 2009 ...

, South Dakota * PIR, NYSE symbol for Texas-based retailer

Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports, Inc. is an online retailer and former Fort Worth, Texas-based retail chain specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories, and seasonal decor. It was publicl ...

* Post Incident Review, a review of the chronology, events and remediation for a system fault