Pir
Encyclopedia

Finance

Pir may refer to:
  • Pier 1 Imports
    Pier 1 Imports
    Pier 1 Imports Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas based retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories and seasonal decor. The chain operates over 1,000 stores under the name Pier 1 Imports in the United States, Canada, Mexico...

     Stock symbol NYSE:PIR, a Texas-based retailer specializing in imported home furnishings and decor

Economics

PIR may refer to:
  • poverty index ratio, a measure of income relative to U.S. federal guidelines for poverty-level income

Religion and history

Pir may refer to:
  • Pir (Sufism)
    Pir (Sufism)
    Pir or Peer is a title for a Sufi master equally used in the nath tradition. They are also referred to as a Hazrat or Shaikh, which is Arabic for Old Man. The title is often translated into English as "saint" and could be interpreted as "Elder". In Sufism a Pir's role is to guide and instruct his...

    , a Sufi teacher, spiritual leader
    • Pir (prayer)
  • In India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    , Pir besdies Sufi leader may also refer to some Hindu
    Hindu
    Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

     religious deity or leader, whom Muslims also worshipped for example Ramdev Pir, Ajepal Dada,etc.
  • Pir (Zoroastrianism), a site in Persia, frequently one of the Zoroastrian faith
  • Pir of the Britons
    Pir of the Britons
    Pir was a legendary king of the Britons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain. He was preceded by Samuil Penissel, and succeeded by Capoir....

    , legendary king of the Britons
  • Pir, Satu Mare
    Pir, Satu Mare
    Pir is a commune of 1,780 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Pir, Piru Nou and Sărvăzel villages.-Demographics:Ethnic groups :*Hungarians: 54.77%...

    , commune in Satu Mare County, Romania
  • pir, a place of nominally Islamic, superstitious reverence in Azerbaijan
    Azerbaijan
    Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

  • Prosopographia Imperii Romani, an index of all persons mentioned in ancient literature from the Roman Republic
    Roman Republic
    The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...

     to the Roman Empire
    Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....


Science

Pir may refer to:
  • Protein Information Resource
    Protein Information Resource
    The Protein Information Resource , located at Georgetown University Medical Center , is an integrated public bioinformatics resource to support genomic and proteomic research, and scientific studies-History:...

    , a major protein information database and bioinformatics resource
  • Partners in Research
    Partners in Research
    Partners in Research is a Canadian charity, established in 1988, with the mission of educating citizens about the importance of bio-medical research...

    , a Canadian charity dedicated to bio-medical research
  • Parrot Intermediate Representation
    Parrot intermediate representation
    The Parrot intermediate representation , previously called Intermediate code , is one of the two assembly languages for the Parrot virtual machine. The other is Parrot assembly language or PASM...

    , part of Parrot virtual machine
  • Passive infrared sensor, often used to detect movement or presence by infrared emission.
  • Polyisocyanurate
    Polyisocyanurate
    Polyisocyanurate, also referred to as PIR, polyiso, or ISO, is essentially an improvement on polyurethane . The proportion of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate is higher than for PUR and instead of a polyether polyol, a polyester derived polyol is used in the reaction...

    , a plastic typically produced as a foam for thermal insulation
  • Post-Isometric Relaxation, a physical therapy technique used for musculoskeletal dysfunction.

Information technology

Pir may refer to:
  • Peak Information Rate
    Peak Information Rate
    Peak information rate is a burstable rate set on routers and/or switches that allows throughput overhead. Related to Committed Information Rate which is a committed rate speed guaranteed/capped. For example, a CIR of 10 Mbit/s PIR of 12 Mbit/s allows you access to 10 Mbit/s minimum speed with...

  • Public Interest Registry
    Public Interest Registry
    Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the .org registry under a contract with the...

    , a not-for-profit corporation responsible for managing the .org top-level domain.
  • Private information retrieval
    Private information retrieval
    In cryptography, a private information retrieval protocol allows a user to retrieve an item from a server in possession of a database without revealing which item they are retrieving...

    , a protocol that allows a user to retrieve an item from a server in possession of a database without revealing which item she is retrieving
  • Parrot intermediate representation
    Parrot intermediate representation
    The Parrot intermediate representation , previously called Intermediate code , is one of the two assembly languages for the Parrot virtual machine. The other is Parrot assembly language or PASM...

    , one of the two assembly languages for the Parrot virtual machine

Motorsport

Pir may refer to:
  • Phoenix International Raceway
    Phoenix International Raceway
    Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series...

  • Portland International Raceway
    Portland International Raceway
    Portland International Raceway is located in Portland, Oregon, USA's, Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It is west of a light rail station and less than a mile west of Interstate 5....


Other

Pir may refer to:
  • Parachute infantry regiment
  • Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
    Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal (Ontario)
    The Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal was responsible for public infrastructure in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was not only responsible for funding individual capital projects, but for drafting the capital budget in place of the Ministry of Finance...

    , a former ministry of the Government of Ontario
  • The Price Is Right
    The Price Is Right (US game show)
    The Price Is Right is an American game show which was created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Contestants compete to identify the pricing of merchandise to win cash and prizes. The show is well-known for its signature line of "Come on down!" when the announcer directs newly selected contestants to...

    , a TV gameshow
  • Property Irregularity Report, which is filled out at the baggage claim
    Baggage claim
    In airport terminals, a baggage claim area is an area where arriving passengers claim checked-in baggage after disembarking from an airline flight. The alternative term baggage reclaim is used to mean the same thing at many airports outside the USA In airport terminals, a baggage claim area is an...

     when baggage is lost
  • Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
    Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
    The Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad was a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It was owned by RailTex, which bought the line from Conrail in 1996...

  • Performance Index Ranking
    Performance Index Ranking
    Performance Index Ranking is a basketball statistical formula that is used by the Euroleague and Eurocup, as well as some European national domestic leagues...

    , a statistical formula used in basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

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