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Look up: Pin

  1. Pin
    1) The skydiver who first gets to the base. Base/pin are the two people around which many formations are built. 2) The act of docking on the base. 3) The closing pin of the main or reserve container, which should both be checked prior to jumping
    Found on http://www.dropzone.com/safety/resources

  2. PIN
    In computer security, a personal identification number used during the authentication process. Known only to the user. (See Challenge/Response, Two-Factor Authentication.)
    Found on http://www.setsolutions.com/security.htm

  3. Pin
    Is the at-the-money strike price, particularly at an option's expiration.
    Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/

  4. PIN
    Personal Identification Number.
    Found on http://www.inotecbsl.co.uk/html/glossary

  5. pin
    [n] - informal terms of the leg 2. [n] - cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs 3. [n] - flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green 4. [n] - a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer`s garment 5. [n] - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things 6. [v] - pierce with a pin 7. [v] - attach or fasten with pins 8. [v] - attach with or as if with a pin 9. [v] - immobilize a piece, in chess
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. PIN
    Personal Identification Number + Process Identification Number [Unix]
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  7. PIN
    Personal Identification Number. Used to restrict access to personal services or capabilities.
    Found on http://www.flying-boat.co.uk/glossary/

  8. Pin
    As in pin and box, the pin is the male coupling end of a drillpipe.
    Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary

  9. PIN
    Personal Identification Number. A set of numeric characters, usually a four-digit sequence, used by the cardholder to verify identity at the point-of-sale or a customer activated terminal, such as an ATM. The number is generated by the card issuer using a secure computerised process when the card is first issued and may be changed by the cardholder thereafter (see PIN change).
    Found on http://www.chipandpin.co.uk/info/ptoz.ht

  10. PIN
    Periodic Indicative Notice, Prior Information Notice
    Found on http://www.tendermatch.co.uk/glossary.sh

  11. pin
    1. the male section of a tool joint. 2. on a bit, the bit shank. 3. one of the pegs that are fitted on each side into the link plates (side bars) of a chain link of roller chain and that serve as the stable members onto which bushings are press-fitted and around which rollers move.
    Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/p.htm

  12. Pin
    An elongated device in which the tip acts as a solid support. An array of pins may typically be held such that sets of pins may be simultaneously inserted or retracted from solvents or reagents allowing library preparation by parallel synthesis.
    Found on http://www.combichemistry.com/glossary_p

  13. PIN
    Parents Information Network.
    Found on http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/educationov

  14. PIN
    Personal Identification Number
    Found on

  15. pin
    A terminal on a component, particular an integrated circuit part. The term applies equally to surface mount and through-hole components. The name is derived from the physical shape of some leads on older through-hole components. Also see lead.
    Found on http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0100

  16. pin
    small pointed piece of equipment which is used to secure or fasten a piece to a device Category: Transport • a rigid terminal that may also serve to locate and fix the tube in its socket Category: Electrical engineering and energy • small pointed piece of wire Category: Mechanical engineering • a short cylindrical piece upon and about which something rotates or ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  17. Pin
    Pin transitive verb (Metal Working) To peen.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/89

  18. Pin
    Pin transitive verb [ Confer Pen to confine, or Pinfold .] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/89

  19. Pin
    Pin noun [ Middle English pinne , Anglo-Saxon pinn a pin, peg; confer Dutch pin , German pinne , Icelandic pinni , W. pin , Gael. & Ir. pinne ; all from Latin pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Confer Fin of a fish, Pen a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/89

  20. Pin
    Pin transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinned ; present participle & verbal noun Pinning .] [ See Pin , noun ] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. 'As if she would pin her to her heart.' Shak. To pin one's ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/90

  21. pin
    To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. 'Aa if she would pin her to her heart.' To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to. ... Origin: See Pin. ... <chemistry> To peen. ... 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a sup ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  22. pin
    peg noun informal terms of the leg; `fever left him weak on his sticks`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. pin
    noun a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. pin
    tholepin noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. pin
    noun when a wrestler`s shoulders are forced to the mat
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?


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25 November 2009

This day in history:
The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was opened on 25 November 1823 with a procession and firework display, but, to the disappointment of the town, without royalty being present. It proved an immediate success with both cross-channel travellers and also with promenaders who were charged an admission of two pence or one guinea annually. The pier also attracted many artists with its graceful outline, including Constable and Turner. read more

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