pinning

verb

To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

1. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
2. (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
3. To pin down (someone).
4. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
5. To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

   to pin a window to the Taskbar

6. To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

   When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.

7. To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.

1. The action of the verb pin in any sense.
2. A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
3. The establishment of the definite quantum state of a particle, or of the occupation number of a system of particles