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- Pin (device), device used for fastening objects or material together.
- 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
- Brooch, a decorative item fastened on apparels, may be called a pin
- Badge or button, in the U.S. referred to as a pin, a small (usually round) piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached, usually worn on clothing
- In electronics a pin is an electric interconnection. For example a metal wire coming out of an Integrated circuit or Transistor
- In Computer Science, Pin is a tool for dynamic instrumentation, provided by Intel [link]
- In firearms, the firing pin is a nail-like device to transfer hammer energy to the primer of ammunition
- Pin, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France
- Operation Pin is an international policing initiative to find pedophiles using the internet to access child pornography
- Pin... [Pin...], a 1988 cult horror movie
- Pin (chess) refers to a scenario where if a lesser piece is under attack and moves away, it would reveal a more valuable piece
- Pin (wrestling) is a way of winning a match
- In grappling, a pinning hold is a hold used to control an opponent
- Bowling pins, which must be knocked down by the bowling ball
- Personal identification number
- Postal Index Number (India)
- Personal Internet Name RFC 3043 [link]
- Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
- PIN diode (p-type, intrinsic, n-type diode), a type of photodiode
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