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Pivot table
A pivot table is a spreadsheet feature that rearranges and summarizes a data table in many ways, invented by Pito Salas at Lotus in 1986.
PIVOT trial
PIVOT (Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial, CSP #407, NCT00007644) was a US VA/NCI randomized trial of 731 men comparing radical prostatectomy with observation for localized prostate cancer, finding no significant mortality reduction through 20 years.
Pivot-based translation
Pivot-based translation is a machine translation method that translates between languages through an intermediate pivot language, usually English, and remains a standard technique for low-resource language pairs that lack parallel training data.
Pivot-shift test
The pivot-shift test is a clinical knee examination maneuver assessing rotational instability of the anterior cruciate ligament, most specific but least sensitive for confirming ACL rupture.
Pivot3
Pivot3 was an Austin, Texas storage company founded in 2003 that built hyperconverged infrastructure for video surveillance; its surveillance business was sold to Quantum in 2021.
Pivotal Software
Pivotal Software, also known as GoPivotal, was an American enterprise software company formed by EMC and VMware in 2013 and acquired by VMware in 2019 for about $2.7 billion.
Piwi
Piwi (P-element Induced WImpy testis) is a subfamily of Argonaute proteins, found in animals and some protists, that use piRNAs to silence transposable elements and protect the germline genome.
Pix2Pix
Pix2Pix is a conditional generative adversarial network, presented by UC Berkeley researchers in 2016, that learns to translate images from one domain to another using paired examples.
Pix4D
Pix4D is a Swiss photogrammetry software company founded in 2011 as a spin-off from EPFL in Lausanne, which turns drone photographs into maps and 3D models.
Pixantrone
Pixantrone (Pixuvri) is an aza-anthracenedione chemotherapy for multiply relapsed or refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma; EU-authorized 2012, expired 2024, designed for reduced cardiotoxicity.
Pixar
Pixar (Pixar Animation Studios), founded from Lucasfilm's Computer Division in 1986 under Steve Jobs, is the American studio behind Toy Story, the first fully CG feature film, and RenderMan, now a Disney subsidiary since its $7.4 billion 2006 acquisition.
Pixar Place Hotel
Pixar Place Hotel is a Disney-owned, Pixar-themed hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened in 2024 after the Paradise Pier Hotel was reimagined.
PixArt
PixArt is an open-weight text-to-image model family built on a Diffusion Transformer rather than a UNet, first released in October 2023 and known for training at a fraction of the usual cost.
Pixel
A pixel, short for picture element, is a fundamental element of a digital image, also meaning a stored data value, a camera sensor sample, or an addressable display element.
Pixel 10
The Pixel 10 is a Google smartphone released in August 2025, the tenth-generation Pixel, with a triple rear camera, Tensor G5 chip, and Qi2 magnetic charging.
Pixel 10 Pro
The Pixel 10 Pro (Google Pixel 10 Pro) is a flagship Android smartphone by Google, released August 2025 with the Tensor G5 chip, Qi2 magnetic charging, and a $999 starting price.
Pixel 10 Pro Fold
The Pixel 10 Pro Fold is a book-style foldable smartphone announced by Google on August 20, 2025 and released in October 2025, with a gearless hinge and IP68 water resistance.
Pixel 10a
The Pixel 10a is Google's budget smartphone for 2026, sold at $500 with a 6.3-inch pOLED display, Tensor G4 processor, dual rear cameras carried over from the Pixel 9a.
Pixel 11
The Pixel 11, also known as the Google Pixel 11, is a smartphone by Google released in August 2026, powered by the Tensor G6 chip and starting at $899.
Pixel 11 Pro
The Pixel 11 Pro is a compact flagship Android smartphone from Google, announced August 2026 with the Tensor G6 chip, 6.3-inch screen, and a $1,100 starting price.
Pixel 11 Pro Fold
The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is a book-style foldable smartphone by Google, released in August 2026 as the foldable member of the Pixel 11 series.
Pixel 2
The Pixel 2 is an Android smartphone developed by Google, announced in October 2017 in 5-inch and 6-inch XL models, known for its highly rated camera.
Pixel 3
The Pixel 3 is an Android smartphone Google announced in October 2018 alongside the larger Pixel 3 XL, known for Night Sight and the Titan M chip.
Pixel 4
Pixel 4: Google's 2019 flagship Android phone (Pixel 4 and 4 XL) with Snapdragon 855, Soli radar Motion Sense, IR face unlock, dual rear cameras, 90Hz display, and October 2022 end of support.
Pixel 6
The Pixel 6 is a Google smartphone released in October 2021, the first built around Google's custom Tensor chip, shipped with Android 12 and started at $599.
Pixel 8a
The Pixel 8a is a mid-range Android smartphone developed by Google, announced in May 2024 and sold from $499 with the same Tensor G3 chip and AI features as the Pixel 8.
Pixel 9
The Pixel 9, a Google smartphone announced on August 13, 2024 and released on August 22, runs the Tensor G4 chip and starts at $799 in the United States.
Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Google's second book-style foldable, launched August 2024 at $1,799 with Tensor G4, 8-inch inner and 6.3-inch outer displays, IPX8 rating, and seven years of updates; distinct from the 2023 Pixel Fold.
Pixel 9a
The Pixel 9a is a mid-range Android smartphone by Google, released in April 2025 at $499 as the budget model of the Pixel 9 series.
Pixel art
Pixel art is a digital art style built pixel by pixel at low resolution with limited palettes, born from early game hardware limits. Term coined by Goldberg and Flegal (Xerox PARC, 1982); now common in indie games, made with tools like Aseprite.