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PIN: Personal Identification Number
The full form of PIN is “Personal Identification Number”. It is also called PIN number or PIN code. A Personal Identification Number (PIN) is a secure alphanumeric or numeric code used for authenticated access to a system. The core purpose of a PIN is to provide an additional layer of security. A PIN serves as a verification tool for users of a variety of networks and systems, such as ATM or POS transactions, mobile phones, secure access control (e.g. computer access, door access, car access), internet transactions (e.g. credit/debit cards), or to log into a restricted website. PINs are used in many fields including banking, payment processing and communications. The PIN provides security when a credit/debit card is lost or stolen because the PIN must be known prior to making a money withdrawal.
Other Full Forms of PIN
| Full Form | Category |
|---|---|
| Product Identification Number | Business |
| Project Identification Number | Accounting |
| Provider Identification Number | Hospitals |
| Publication Identification Number | News & Media |
| Postal Index Number | Standards |
| Property Index Number | General |
| Partido Integración Nacional [National Integration Party] | Politics |
| People in Need | Organizations |
| Police Information Notice | Police |
| Process Identification Number | Computing |
| Progressive Inflammatory Neuropathy | Medical |
| Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia | Medical |
| Pacific Island network | Ocean Science |
| Pain In the Neck | Physiology |
| Parent Independent Network | Community |
| Patron Identification Number | Community |
| Performance Index Number | General |
| Personal Interactive Navigation | Internet |
| Personnel Item Number | Military |
| Plan Identification Number | Military |
| Police Information Network | Law & Legal |
| Positive Intrinsic Negative | Electronics |
| Post It Note | Products |
| Press Information Notice | News & Media |
| Prostate Intraepithelial Neoplasia | Physiology |