Pin
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Pin may refer to:
- Pin (device), device used for fastening objects or material together
- Brooch, a decorative item fastened on apparels
- Badge or button, a small (usually round) piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached, usually worn on clothing
- Award pin, a small piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached given as an award for some achievement
- An electric interconnection, in electronics. For example a metal wire coming out of an integrated circuit or transistor
- Bridge pin, a vertical wire on the bridge of keyboard instruments such as the piano and harpsichord that is used to control the string resonances
- Pin, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France
- Pin..., a 1988 cult horror movie [1]
- Pin (song), a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003).
In sports and strategy games pin may refer to:
- Pin (chess), a scenario where if a lesser piece is under attack and moves away, it would reveal a more valuable piece
- Pin (wrestling), a way of winning a match
- Pin (bridge), a manouver to drop an opponent's lower-ranking card by leading a high one.
- Grappling hold#Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling
- Bowling pins, which must be knocked down by the bowling ball
PIN may stand for:
- Personal identification number
- Postal Index Number (India)
- Personal Internet Name RFC 3043 [2]
- Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
- PIN diode (p-type, intrinsic, n-type diode), a type of photodiode