Pin (disambiguation)

Pin (disambiguation)

A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.

Pin may also refer to:
* Award pin, a small piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached given as an award for some achievement
*An electric interconnection, in electrical engineering. For example a metal wire coming out of an integrated circuit or transistor. Often also referred to as a lead. Pins are enumerated to avoid ambiguity in technical drawings and literature.
* 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, half a firkin, or 4.5 Imperial gallons.
*Pin, Haute-Saône, a "commune" of the Haute-Saône département, in France
*Pin Oak Court, Vermont South, Australia. Also known as Ramsay Street in the Aussie soap opra 'Neighbours'.
*Pin..., a 1988 cult horror movie
*Pin (song), a song by the "Yeah Yeah Yeahs" from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003)
*Pin, nickname of actress, model, and singer Kejmanee Pichaironnarongsongkram.
*Graham 'Pin' Pinney, guitarist from the band "sikth"
*Personal identification number, a sequence of numbers used for security.
* PINS, or Person In Need of Supervision, a truant in Family Court.

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 (amateur wrestling), the primary way of winning an amateur wrestling match
* Pin (professional wrestling), a way of winning a professional wrestling match
* Pin (bridge), a manoeuver 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

ee also

*PIN
*Pinning


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