unpin

verb

Etymology

From un- + pin.

  1. derived from *bend-
  2. inherited from *pinnaz
  3. inherited from pinn
  4. inherited from pinne
  5. prefixed as unpin — “un + pin

Definitions

  1. To unfasten by removing a pin.

  2. To detach (an icon, application, etc.) from the place where it was previously pinned.

    • to unpin a program from the Taskbar
  3. To undo the pinning or fixing of (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so…

    To undo the pinning or fixing of (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it can be modified again.

    • […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To get (a piece) out of a pin.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unpin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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