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

Pin or PIN may also refer to:

People

Surname "Pin"

  • Ayah Pin (1941–2016), Malaysian cult leader
  • Camille Pin (born 1981), French tennis player
  • Celeste Pin (1961–2025), Italian soccer player
  • Doriane Pin (born 2004), French racing driver
  • Gabriele Pin (born 1962), Italian soccer player
  • Jean-Éric Pin, French mathematician

Given name "Pin"

  • Haing Pin (1942–2020), Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader
  • Luo Pin (1733–1799; ), Chinese Qing Dynasty painter
  • Lu Pin (disambiguation), several people
  • Pin Malakul (1903–1995), Thai educator
  • Mun Pin (1998–2023; ), South Korean entertainer
  • Sun Pin (3rd century BCE), Chinese Warring States era general
  • Ts'ao Pin (931–999; ), Chinese general
  • Wang Pin (born 1974; ), chess player
  • Wen Pin (3rd century CE), Chinese Three Kingdoms era general
  • Wu Pin (16th century CE; ), Chinese Ming Dynasty landscape painter
  • Yu Pin (disambiguation), several people
  • Paul Yu Pin (1901–1978; , Yu Pin), Chinese Catholic cardinal

Places

  • Le Pin (disambiguation) (), several places
  • Pin, Haute-Saône, a place in France

Arts and entertainment

Music

  • Pin (harp), a Cambodian musical instrument
  • "Pin", a song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the 2003 album Fever to Tell
  • "Pin", a song by Grimes from the 2015 album Art Angels
  • "The Pin", a song by Goo Goo Dolls from the 2016 album Boxes
  • "Pin", a song by Anuel AA from the 2021 album Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Pin (film), a 1988 Canadian horror film
  • Pin (novel), a 1981 American gothic horror thriller novel by Andrew Neiderman
  • The Pin (comedy act), on BBC Radio 4
  • Pin, a character from the first season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series

Science and technology

  • Pin (computer program), a platform for creating analysis tools
  • Pin (electronics), a short lead
  • Pin, an image on Pinterest social media service
  • Pin, to attach programs or files to a taskbar in a graphical user interface
  • Personal identification number, or PIN, a numeric passcode
  • PIN diode, a semiconductor device
  • PIN proteins, integral membrane proteins in plants
  • Preferred IUPAC name (PIN), a unique chemical name
  • Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), an abnormality of prostatic glands

Sports and games

  • Pin (amateur wrestling), a grappling hold that ends a match
  • Pin (professional wrestling), a wrestling move
  • Pin (bridge), a maneuver in the game of bridge
  • Pin (chess), a chess tactic
  • Bowling pin, the target of a bowling ball

Other uses

  • Piame language (ISO 639 language code <code>pin</code>)
  • Pin, a cask size of half a firkin in English brewery cask units
  • PIN (debit card), a Dutch debit card brand
  • PIN Group, a German postal company
  • Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN), Moscow, Russia
  • Paramount International Networks, a division of media company Paramount Global
  • People in Need (PIN), a Czech non-profit organization
  • Police Information Notice (PIN), issued under the UK Protection from Harassment Act 1997
  • Postal code, or PIN, a series of digits or letters used in a postal address
  • Postal Index Number, in India
  • Pinxit, abbreviated PIN, added to the signature of a painter
  • Public Integrity Section, a section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division
  • Award pin, recognising an achievement
  • Lapel pin, a small pin worn on clothing
  • Google Maps pin, an inverted-teardrop symbol used on map apps such as Google Maps to mark a location

See also

  • Pins (disambiguation)
  • Hairpin (disambiguation)
  • Kingpin (disambiguation)
  • Pinhead (disambiguation)
  • Pinning (disambiguation)
  • PIN Group (disambiguation)
  • Pin-up (disambiguation)
  • Push pin (disambiguation)
  • Bridge pin, on a keyboard musical instrument
  • Dowel, a cylindrical shape made of wood, plastic, or metal
  • Pinacol, a white solid organic compound