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pinboard

[′pin‚bȯrd]
(computer science)
A board or panel containing an array of uniform holes into which pins may be inserted to control the operation of equipment.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Use the same-sized pinboard (5 x 5) to discover all the polygonal shapes that have one pin only inside the boundary lines of the polygon.
You can then click on 'Create board' and name pinboards for other things you want to keep pinned in the one place.
You can create different pinboards for different interests, events, collections or whatever you want.
As studios step up their social media activity, movie marketers are considering ways to turn posters or the promotional stills of their films that appear on online pinboards into ticket sales.
In 2009, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp left their jobs to begin working on a new website: Pinterest, a visually oriented-Social media sharing site where users follow"pinners" with similar interests and who are encouraged to create their own "pinboards" on various topics "Pins" are simply links to other Web content (articles, blogposts, pages, photographs, videos, etc.).
On Pinterest, people use virtual "pinboards" to curate collections of images related to their hobbies and interests, discovering new items for their virtual hoards on the boards of friends and in the site's personalized recommendations.
Pinterest is a content sharing service that allows members to pin images and videos to virtual pinboards. Launched in 2010, Pinterest's pages are typically filled with hairstyles, fashion tips, and cooking recipes, but The Mercury in Pottstown, Pa., is using the social media site for the public good.
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Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, "re-pin" images to their own collections or "like" photos.
If you said "yes," it's time to try Pinterest, a social media site where users create virtual "pinboards" or personal landing pages, where they link websites and content back to the original pages.
Fridays' several pinboards include "Happy Hour: Off the Clock.