BIN

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Besides its ordinary meaning as a kind of container, especially a dustbin, Bin can also refer to:

• Technical or specialised terms:
  • /bin, a common Unix directory
  • .bin, a CD disk image file format
  • In mathematics, the histogram of a discrete variable that can acquire m different values is called an "m-bin histogram"
  • In Computational Geometry, a Bin is a space partitioning data structure to enable fast region queries and nearest neighbor search.
  • In video editing, a bin is a location, real or virtual, for storing media to be used in a production
  • Sin Bin or Sin-bin, an informal name for a penalty box
• Names:
  • Won Bin, a Korean actor
  • The stage name of Jeon Hye Bin, a K-pop singer
  • A form of ibn = "son" in Arabic names

BIN may refer to:

• Bank Identification Number
• BIN, a file extension for binary files
• BIN, a file extension for disk image format files
• Biology, information technology, and nanotechnology
• Bini language (ISO 639 alpha-3: bin), a Benue-Congo language spoken in Edo State, Nigeria
• Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisering/Institut Belge de Normalisation/Belgian Institute for Normalisation
• British India (FIFA country code: BIN), the portions of present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Myanmar that were under British colonial rule
• "Buy It Now," a purchasing method on eBay
• BIN (supermarkets), a Russian supermarket
• Bank International Ningbo
• Badan Intelijen Negara, Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency

[edit] See also

• Binary (disambiguation)