BIN - Bin

"bin" can mean:

  • /bin, a common Unix directory
  • bin, a function in Python that converts an integer into a binary number
  • .bin, a filename extension for binary files
  • .bin, a CD disk image file format
  • In mathematics, the histogram of a discrete variable that can acquire m different values is called an "m-bin histogram"
  • In statistics, each of a series of ranges of numerical value into which data are sorted in statistical analysis (see Data binning)
  • Bin (computational geometry), space partitioning data structure to enable fast region queries and nearest neighbor search
  • Bin, a settlement in Xia- and Shang-dynasty China
  • Bin County in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
  • Bin County in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
  • Bin Uehara, a Japanese singer
  • Bianca Bin, a Brazilian actress
  • In video editing, a bin is a location, real or virtual, for storing media to be used in a production
  • Sin bin or sin-bin, an informal name for a penalty box
  • Binoculars, short form Bins, two identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side
  • In Arabic personal names, "son of", e.g. in "Hamad bin Khalid bin Hamad"

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