Pivot

Pivot may refer to:

• Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever system
• More generally, the center point of any rotational system
• Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body
• Pivot turn, a dance move

Computing

• Pivot, an element of the quicksort algorithm
• Pivoting (hacking), a method used by hackers to use a compromised computer for attacks
• Microsoft Live Labs Pivot, a data search application
• Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software
• Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II, early laptop computers
• Pivot display, a display which can change orientation
• Pivot table, a data summarization tool in spreadsheets
• Pivotal Games, a former UK video game developer
• Pivot, now PivotX, a content management system designed for bloggers
• Apache Pivot, an open-source platform for building applications in Java

Finance

• Pivot point, a price point in the financial, commodity, and securities markets

Games

• Pivot (card game), a casual card game released by Wizards of the Coast in 1998

Linguistics

• Syntactic pivot, the argument of the verb around which the sentence revolves
• Pivot language, an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation

Literature

• Pivot word (kakekotoba), a technique in Japanese poetry

Mathematics

• Pivot element, a non-zero element of a matrix selected by an algorithm
• Pivotal quantity, in statistics

Music

• Pivot (US band), a U.S. rock band
• Pivot, the former name of PVT (band)
• Pivot (album), by Amoeba
• Pivot chord

People

• Bernard Pivot (born 1935), French journalist

Sports

• Pivot, a Rugby league position
• Pivot, another term for a fly-half in rugby unions
• Pivot turn (skiing), a technique of turning in place in skiing
• Pivot, a player position in Team handball
• Pivot or center (basketball), a player position in basketball
• Pivot, a player position in roller derby
• Pivot (futsal), a player position in futsal

Places

• Pivot Peak, the highest point in Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land
• Mount Pivot, a mountain in the western part of the Shackleton Range

Companies

• Pivot Wireless, a cell phone service, created by a joint venture between Sprint and multiple cable companies
• Pivot Legal Society, a legal advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Incitec Pivot, an Australian chemicals & explosives manufacturer

Vessels

• USS Pivot