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Pit or PIT may refer to:
Structure
Science and technology
Pit, an excavation on metallic surface caused by
pitting corrosion
Pit, one of many indentations used to store data on a
compact disc
Pit (botany) , a part of plant cell walls which allows the exchange of fluids
Pit (nuclear weapon) , the core of an implosion weapon
Pit bull , a breed of dog
PIT tag , Passive Integrated Transponder for RFID system
Powered industrial truck , a US legal term
Point in time , time and date something took place
Probability integral transform , a theorem in probability and statistics
Programmable interval timer , a computing device
Pulsed inductive thruster , a device used in spacecraft propulsion
Pyrena or pit, the hard seed-bearing kernel inside drupe fruits such as peaches, olives and cherries
Boolean prime ideal theorem , which guarantees the existence of certain types of subsets in a given abstract algebra
2-Propanoyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-tropane , a cocaine analog
As a file extension, .pit
stands for
Partition Information Table
Arts and entertainment
Games
Pit (game) , a Parker Brothers card game simulating a commodities exchange
Pit (Kid Icarus ) , the main character in the video game series Kid Icarus
Music
Front ensemble , the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps
Mosh pit , an area for dancing at a concert
Orchestra pit , the area in a theater, between the stage and audience, in which musicians perform
Places
United States
Sports
An abbreviation for Pittsburgh sports teams, such as:
Transport
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term