Pin

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Pin may refer to:

• Pin (device), device used for fastening objects or material together
  • Brooch, a decorative item fastened on apparels
  • Badge or button, a small (usually round) piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached, usually worn on clothing
  • Award pin, a small piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached given as an award for some achievement
  • An electric interconnection, in electronics. For example a metal wire coming out of an integrated circuit or transistor
• 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, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France
• Pin..., a 1988 cult horror movie [1]
• Pin (song), a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003).

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 (wrestling), a way of winning a match
• Pin (bridge), a manouver 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

PIN may stand for:

• Personal identification number
• Postal Index Number (India)
• Personal Internet Name RFC 3043 [2]
• Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
• PIN diode (p-type, intrinsic, n-type diode), a type of photodiode

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