PIM

[¦pē¦ī′em or pim] (computer science) personal information manager

Pim

a river in Tiumen’ Oblast, RSFSR, a right tributary of the Ob’ River. The Pim is 390 km long and drains an area of 12,700 sq km. It rises in the Siberian Uvaly, flowing southward over a marshy lowland. It is fed predominantly by snow. High water is from May through October, and in August the river reaches its lowest level. The mean flow rate 166 km from the mouth is 68 cu m per sec. The Pim freezes in the second half of November, and the ice breaks up in May.

PIM

(1)Personal Information Manager.

PIM

(2)Product Information Management.

PIM

(1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol from the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, PIM Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients are in a concentrated area, and PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) is more efficient when recipients are scattered. Contrast with DVMRP and MOSPF.

(2) (Processor In Memory; Processing In Memory) See PIM chip.

(3) (Personal Information Manager) Software for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker. A PIM lets you create text notes for any purpose and retrieve them based on the words in the note. PIMs vary widely, but all attempt to provide a convenient way to manage personal information people use on a daily basis.

Software and Hardware
In the mid-1980s, PIMs emerged both as software for desktop machines and as functions built into handheld electronic organizers. The functions in a PIM were the major features in a PDA. See PDA and smartphone.

Structured or Free Form

There are two schools of thought about how names and addresses should be recorded in a PIM. Lotus Organizer (top) has predefined fields for each data item, whereas the Info Select window (below) provides a free-form area to type in without constraints. The best method is the one that suits the user's personality. Usually, people strongly prefer one method over the other.

Structured or Free Form

There are two schools of thought about how names and addresses should be recorded in a PIM. Lotus Organizer (top) has predefined fields for each data item, whereas the Info Select window (below) provides a free-form area to type in without constraints. The best method is the one that suits the user's personality. Usually, people strongly prefer one method over the other.

PIM

Acronym	Definition
PIM➣Personal Information Manager
PIM➣Prodigy Instant Messaging
PIM➣Penalty Minutes
PIM➣Personal Information Management
PIM➣Product Information Management
PIM➣Protocol Independent Multicast
PIM➣Production and Inventory Management
PIM➣Pioneer Investment Management (various locations)
PIM➣Plug In Module
PIM➣Prudential Investment Management
PIM➣Powder Injection Molding
PIM➣Penalties in Minutes (hockey)
PIM➣Prague International Marathon (Prague, Czech Republic)
PIM➣Partnership in International Management (consortium)
PIM➣Program Integrity Manual (Medicare)
PIM➣Poetry in Motion
PIM➣Project Information Management
PIM➣Print Image Matching (Epson)
PIM➣Port Interface Module
PIM➣Potentially Inappropriate Medication (adverse drug events)
PIM➣Pipeline Integrity Management (various organizations)
PIM➣Power Interface Module (aerospace engineering)
PIM➣Platform Independent Models
PIM➣Partners in Marketing
PIM➣Parallel Interface Machine
PIM➣Physical Interface Module
PIM➣Processor Internal Memory
PIM➣Parallel Iterative Method
PIM➣Platform Independent Multicast
PIM➣Personal Identification Module
PIM➣Peripheral Interface Manager
PIM➣Promina Interface Menu
PIM➣Personal Informations Manager
PIM➣Programming Interface Manual
PIM➣Print Image Matching
PIM➣Potentially Infectious Material
PIM➣Public Informational Meeting (various locations)
PIM➣Participatory Irrigation Management
PIM➣Plug-In Management (software)
PIM➣Processor-In-Memory
PIM➣P2PE (Point-to-Point Encryption) Instruction Manual
PIM➣Pre-Inspection Meeting
PIM➣Protein Interaction Map
PIM➣Project Information Memoranda (New Zealand)
PIM➣Poultry Integration Model (joke)
PIM➣Planning Information Management
PIM➣Parallels Infrastructure Manager (software)
PIM➣Perpetual Inventory Method (economics)
PIM➣Parallel Inference Machine
PIM➣Purchase Invoice Matching
PIM➣Process Improvement Model
PIM➣Pacem in Maribus (conference)
PIM➣Program in Integrative Medicine
PIM➣PMC Interface Module
PIM➣Performance Improvement Manager
PIM➣Project Implementation Manual
PIM➣Program Implementation Management (various organizations)
PIM➣Principal Investigators Meeting (various organizations)
PIM➣Pulse Interval Modulation
PIM➣Product Improvement Manager
PIM➣Postintubation Management (neurocritical care)
PIM➣Parallel Iterative Methods
PIM➣Product Introduction Management
PIM➣Personnel Information Management
PIM➣Pediatric Index of Mortality
PIM➣Passive Inter Modulation
PIM➣Pretrained Individual Manpower
PIM➣Phytosanitary Issues Management (USDA subsidiary)
PIM➣Parallel Iterative Matching (algorithm)
PIM➣Printing, Inserting and Mailing (center)
PIM➣Pilot's Information Manual
PIM➣Pure Inertial Mode
PIM➣Payload Integration Manager
PIM➣Pulmonary Intravascular Macrophage (swine pathology)
PIM➣Position of Intended Movement
PIM➣Parameterized Ionosphere Model
PIM➣Poison Information Monographs
PIM➣Plan of Intended Movement (naval; navigation)
PIM➣Personality Interface Module
PIM➣Presence and Interworking Mobility
PIM➣Path of Intended Movement
PIM➣Point of Intended Movement
PIM➣Process Integrated Mechanism
PIM➣Product Interference Management
PIM➣Premium Income Monitoring (insurance)
PIM➣Programmer's Information Manual
PIM➣Position and Intended Movements
PIM➣Parorrey Interactive Media
PIM➣Partial Inductance Matrix
PIM➣Project Integration Meeting
PIM➣Probabilistic Interactive Machine (cryptography)
PIM➣Positive Impact Ministries (Roanoke, VA)
PIM➣Prior Information Memorandum (Canada)
PIM➣Penalty Infraction Minutes (hockey)
PIM➣Polymorphically Invoked Method
PIM➣Preside Integrated Manager (Nortel)
PIM➣Procedural Instruction Message
PIM➣Potential Improvements Matrix (Sprint)
PIM➣Performance Information Memo (memo clarifying enlisted performance traits)
PIM➣Piping Instructions Manual
PIM➣Puke in Mouth
PIM➣Program Integration Meeting