Pir
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- Pir is the term for a Muslim Sufi teacher and master. The students and followers of a Pir are known as Murids.
- Pir is the term for a pilgrimage site in Persian, frequently one of the Zoroastrian faith
- Pir, King of the Britons
- Pir is the Persian word for "old". When preceding a Persian name, the word indicates homage payed to the so titled, usually a sage or wise elder
- PIR is an acronym for the Protein Information Resource, a major protein information database and bioinformatics resource
- PIR is an acronym for Partners in Research, a Canadian charity dedicated to bio-medical research
- PIR is an acronym for Parrot Intermediate Representation, part of Parrot
- PIR is an acronym for Passive infrared sensors, and often used as part of a security system
- PIR is an acronym for Parachute Infantry Regiment
- PIR is an acronym for the Public Interest Registry, a not-for-profit corporation responsible for managing the .org top-level domain.
- PIR is an acronym for Public Information Research, a non-profit corporation that maintains Namebase, an online database of citations to influential people
- PIR is an acronym for Private information retrieval, a protocol that allows a user to retrieve an item from a server in possession of a database without revealing which item she is retrieving.
- PIR is Polyisocyanurate, a plastic typically produced as a foam for thermal insulation
- Parent(s) In Room, signifying to people in chat rooms or instant message conversations that someone's parents are in the room and to watch what is said.
- PIR is an acronym for the Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
- PIR is also an acronym for Post-Implementation Review
Race tracks
- PIR is an initialism for the Phoenix International Raceway
- PIR is an initialism for the Portland International Raceway
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