PIN

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A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.

Pin or PIN may also refer to:

Computers and technology[]

• Personal identification number (PIN), to access a secured system
  • PIN pad, a PIN entry device
• PIN, a former Dutch debit card system
• An image on Pinterest
• PIN diode, a semiconductor diode
• 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
• Pin (computer program), a platform for creating analysis tools

Awards, brooches, or fasteners[]

• Award pin, recognising an achievement
• Bobby pin or kirby grip or hair grip, a hairpin
• Clevis pin, a three-piece fastener system
• Collar pin, for a shirt collar
• Drawing pin or thumbtack
• Lapel pin, a small pin worn on clothing
• Safety pin, pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp
• Split pin or cotter pin, a fastener

Music and film[]

• Pin (harp) a Cambodian harp
• 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
• 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 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

See also[]

• PINS (disambiguation) Includes "Pins"
• Hairpin (disambiguation)
• Kingpin (disambiguation)
• Pinning (disambiguation)
• Pinhead (disambiguation)

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