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Meanings and definitions for PIN

What does PIN stand for? What does PIN mean?

A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.
Personal identification number (PIN), to access a secured system PIN pad, a PIN entry device
PIN, a Dutch debit card by currence
An image on Pinterest
PIN diode, a semiconductor diode
Pin, a short lead in electronics
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
Pin (harp) a Cambodian harp
Pin (film), 1988, Canada
"Pin" (song), by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2003
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
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
Pin, Haute-Saône, Haute-Saône, France
Police Information Notice, 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
Pin, half a firkin in English brewery cask units
Preferred IUPAC name, a chemical name
PINS (band), an English all-female rock group
PINS, or person in need of supervision, (in United States) a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian
PINS, or the Planning Inspectorate for England and Wales, a United Kingdom government agency
Les Pins, a commune in Charente, France
Île des pins, island in New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean
L'Île-des-Pins, a commune in New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean
Lac des Pins (Aumond, Quebec), a lake in Canada
Pointe aux Pins, a peninsula in Lake Erie, Canada
Pointe Aux Pins, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Bois Blanc Township, Michigan, United States
Jacob Pins (1917-2005), German-born Israeli artist and collector
Odon de Pins (died 1296), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Hairpin turn, a tight turn on a road
Hairpin cotter, a formed wire fastener most commonly used in clevis pins
Hairpin clip, a formed wire fastener designed for use in grooved shafts
A hairpin loop, a pattern in DNA or RNA in biochemistry
β-Hairpin, a secondary structure motif of proteins
Hairpins (film), a 1920 film directed by Fred Niblo
Hairpin, in music, the nickname for crescendo and decrescendo markings. See Dynamics (music)#Gradual changes
The Devil's Hairpin, a 1957 American feature film about car racing
Hairpin Arts Center, a community art center in Chicago
Hairpin Banksia, woody shrub.
Hairpin RNA, an artificial RNA molecule
Hairpin lace, a lace-making technique
Hairpin ribozyme, a small section of RNA that can act as a ribozyme
Ramsey Hairpin, a hairpin bend on the course of the Isle of Man TT Races
The Hairpin, a women's website
The Human Hairpin, a nickname for the American boxer, Harry Harris
Hairpin network address translation
Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism The central bolt of a skateboard axle assembly ("truck"), around which the rest of the mechanism can flex, allowing the rider to steer by shifting body weight
The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck
The pivot in a railway car bogie
Crime boss, in organized crime More specifically, a drug lord
Kingpin (book), a book written by former hacker Kevin Poulsen
Kingpin (chess magazine), a satirical chess magazine
Kingpin (character), a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe
Kingpin (1996 film), a 1996 sports comedy film by the Farrelly brothers
Kingpin (1985 film), a 1985 New Zealand drama film by Mike Walker
Kingpin (TV series), a 2003 crime/drama TV mini-series
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story, a 2011 Philippine film
Kingpin (band), a Swedish metal band from the mid-1980s
The Kingpins (Canadian band), a Canadian ska band
The Kingpins (English vocal group), an English pop group of the 1950s and 1960s
The Kingpins, band of King Curtis which frequently backed Aretha Franklin
The Kingpins, London band which toured with Albert Lee in 1969
The King Pins, American R&B vocal group also known as the Kelly Brothers
Kingpin (1996 film), soundtrack to the 1996 film of the same name
The Kingpin (album), a 1989 album by Craig G
Kingpin (Tinsley Ellis album), a 2000 album by Tinsley Ellis
"Kingpin", a song from the Wilco album Being There
Kingpin: Life of Crime, a 1999 video game
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Kingpin Bowling, lounge bars in Australia
Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down
Pinning ceremony (nursing), a symbolic welcoming of new graduates into the nursing profession
Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center
Pinning (modelling), the use of pins to strengthen the joins when assembling large or heavy model kits
Pinning points, points in a crystalline material that act to halt a dislocation's movement
Grappling hold#Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling
Flux pinning, a phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move despite the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current-carrying Type II superconductor
Percutaneous pinning, a technique used by orthopedic surgeons for the stabilisation of unstable fractures
Tree pinning, inserting spikes into trees in order to cause damage to sawmill equipment
Zener pinning, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material
HTTP Public Key Pinning, a security mechanism for HTTPS websites
Pinhead, a person with microcephaly
Pinhead (Hellraiser), the primary antagonist from the Hellraiser films
Pinhead (Neighbours), a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbors
Pinhead (Puppet Master), a character in the Puppet Master series of films
Zip the Pinhead (c. 1857–1926), an American circus performer
Zippy the Pinhead, a comic strip character
Pinhead, a puppet on the American television show Foodini the Great
"Pinhead", a song by The Ramones on their album Leave Home
Pinheads, a group of sideshow circus characters in the stage play The Elephant Man
Parintins airport (code), Brazil
Personal Identification Number