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"