Pit or PIT may refer to:
Structure
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Ball pit, a recreation structure
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Casino pit, the part of a casino which holds gaming tables
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Trapping pit, pits used for hunting
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Pit (motor racing), an area of a racetrack where pit stops are conducted
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Trading pit, a part of a trading floor where open outcry takes place
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Pit cave, a natural cave containing a vertical shaft
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Mine (mining)
Science and technology
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Pit, an excavation on metallic surface caused by pitting corrosion
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Pit, one of many indentations used to store data on a compact disc
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Pit (botany), a part of plant cell walls which allows the exchange of fluids
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Pit (nuclear weapon), the core of an implosion weapon
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Pit bull, a breed of dog
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PIT tag, Passive Integrated Transponder for RFID system
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Powered industrial truck, a US legal term
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Point in time, time and date something took place
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Probability integral transform, a theorem in probability and statistics
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Programmable interval timer, a computing device
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Pulsed inductive thruster, a device used in spacecraft propulsion
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Pyrena or pit, the hard seed-bearing kernel inside drupe fruits such as peaches, olives and cherries
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Boolean prime ideal theorem, which guarantees the existence of certain types of subsets in a given abstract algebra
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Polynomial identity testing, the problem of efficiently determining whether two multivariate polynomials are identical.
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2-Propanoyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-tropane, a cocaine analog
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As a file extension, .pit stands for Partition Information Table
Arts and entertainment
Games
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Pit (game), a Parker Brothers card game simulating a commodities exchange
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Pit ( Kid Icarus), the main character in the video game series Kid Icarus
Music
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Front ensemble, the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps
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Mosh pit, an area for dancing at a concert
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Orchestra pit, the area in a theater, between the stage and audience, in which musicians perform
People
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Pit Martin (1943–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player
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Pit Seng Low (born 1995), Australian badminton player
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Pit Schubert (1935–2024), German author and mountain climber
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Pit Schlechter (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclist
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Pit Passarell (1968–2024), Brazilian heavy metal and rock musician
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Alfred Lépine (1901–1955), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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Pit Leyder (born 1997), Luxembourgish cyclist
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Pit Kroke (1936–2016), German architect and artist
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Pit Gilman (1864–1950), American baseball player
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Pit Corder (1918–1990), English linguist
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Pit Brandenburger (born 1995), Luxembourgish swimmer
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Pit Beirer (born 1972), German motocross racer and team manager
Places
United States
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Pit River, a watershed in California
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Peoples Improv Theater, a venue in New York City
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Pittsburgh (abbreviation), a city in Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA code)
Sports
An abbreviation for Pittsburgh sports teams, such as:
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Pittsburgh Steelers, a football team in the NFL
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Pittsburgh Pirates, a baseball team in MLB
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Pittsburgh Penguins, a hockey team in the NHL
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Pittsburgh Condors, a former basketball team in the NBA
Transport
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Palitana railway station, Gujarat, India, Indian Railways station code PIT
Other uses
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Party of Independence and Labour (), a Senegalese political party
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Ivorian Workers' Party (), an Ivorian political party
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PIT maneuver, a ramming tactic used by law enforcement in vehicle pursuits
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Bie (surname), Chinese surname also romanized as Pit
See also
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Bolshoy Pit, a tributary of the Yenisei, Russia
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Pituitary-specific positive transcription factor 1 (PIT-1), a gene
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The Pit (disambiguation)
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Pitt (disambiguation)
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Pitts (disambiguation)
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Bottomless pit (disambiguation)
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Cockpit
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Hole (disambiguation)
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Fossa (disambiguation), (Latin for pit)
