Used in a Sentence

pins

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pins.

Editorial note

If you examine any mini/micro USB port/plug you will find 5 pins, and 4 pins on a large (both A and B).

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pins gathered in one view.

noun

(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pins.

noun

(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).

Example sentences

1

If you examine any mini/micro USB port/plug you will find 5 pins, and 4 pins on a large (both A and B).

2

A lot of the world is moving/has already moved to chips in cards and PINs.

3

All the IO pins that board has are already used-up handling the screen, CAN bus, and other things.

4

Literally they had just pins on a board with no traces and advertised it as a 2-slot laptop.

5

Your home adapter probably uses the old FireWire power pins, which the iPhone 3G can no longer charge from.

6

For the entire lifetime of this app, quantum computers will be slower at brute-forcing 100,000 PINs than classical ones.

7

The canonical example is to try to measure the position of pins in a bowling alley using a bowling ball.

8

And pax learn to wait them out or drop location pins outside the surge map.

9

Would fraudulent transactions go down significantly if stolen cards couldn't be used without PINs?

10

Consider how many people prefer Android swipe-unlock patterns rather than PINs or passwords.

11

The PLL supports it, though you'll lose a couple precious pins.

12

(And all you need is a bit of protoboard and some solder to make the breakout, using the pins removed from [2] as the breadboard-side pins of the breakout.

Quote examples

1

Identify LED display pins through experiment -- The display turns out to be a rather typical common-cathode 4-digit display, with a partial 5th "digit" controlling the colon and decimals).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pins in a sentence?

If you examine any mini/micro USB port/plug you will find 5 pins, and 4 pins on a large (both A and B).

What does pins mean?

(US) Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).

What part of speech is pins?

pins is commonly used as noun.