PIM

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PIM is an acronym for:

• In computing:
  • Personal information management
  • Personal information manager
  • "Parallel Inference Machine", also known as a "Fifth generation computer systems project"
  • Protocol Independent Multicast
  • processor-in-memory, which is usually a CPU and memory on the same integrated circuit
  • "PIM archiver", a freeware archiving tool. It stands for "PPM by Ilia Muraviev", a data compression algorithm, where PPM stands for Prediction by Partial Matching
• In science:
  • Passive Intermodulation, a radio-interference generating process taking place in 'passive' non-linear circuits
  • Phosphatidylmyo-inositol mannosides, which appear to be a glycolipid component of the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Potentially Infectious Material
  • Power Injection Method (structural vibration & Noise, Vibration, and Harshness)
  • Powder Injection Moulding International, a company which does injection moulding of metal, cermic and carbides
• Penalties in Minutes (hockey)
• Pilot's information manual
• Platform-independent model, an Object Management Group acronym
• Power Integrated Module
• Presbyterian Inland Mission
• Product Information Management
• Project Information Model
• Probability and Impact Matrix (Project Management, Risk Analysis)
• Public Illumination Magazine

[edit] People

The name Pim can refer to:

• Pim Diffy, a character from the Disney Channel Original Series Phil of the Future
• Pim Fortuyn, an assassinated Dutch politician
• Pim Verbeek, head coach of the Australia national football team