• Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever
  Lever
  In physics, a lever is a rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum or pivot point to either multiply the mechanical force that can be applied to another object or resistance force , or multiply the distance and speed at which the opposite end of the rigid object travels.This leverage...
  
   system
• More generally, the center point of any rotation
  Rotation
  A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center of rotation. A three-dimensional object rotates always around an imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis is within the body, and passes through its center of mass the body is said to rotate upon itself, or spin. A rotation...
  
  al system
• Pivot joint
  Pivot joint
  A Pivot joint is a type of diarthrosis, or synovial joint. In pivot joints, the axis of a convex articular surface is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the bone.-Movements:...
  
  , a kind of joint between bones in the body
• Pivot turn
  Pivot turn
  The term pivot turn or simply pivot refers to certain turning dance steps which may differ in different dance styles, with common character that the turn is a rotational movement of the whole body around one's own vertical axis, as if around a pivot. During the turn the foot swivels on the floor...
  
  , 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
  Microsoft Live Labs Pivot
  Pivot is a software application from Microsoft Live Labs that allows users to interact with and search large amounts of data. It is based on Microsoft's Seadragon. It's been described as allowing users to view the web as a web rather than as isolated pages....
  
  , a data search application
• Pivot Stickfigure Animator
  Pivot Stickfigure Animator
  Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a freeware application, for Windows, that allows users to create stick-figure animations, and save them in the animated GIF format used on web pages and, which can also be converted into videos using other software, such as Windows Movie Maker.Pivot provides a...
  
  , stick-figure animation software
• Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II
  Morrow Pivot II
  The Morrow Pivot II, circa 1985, was a portable personal computer manufactured by Morrow Designs. With two drives, 320 kilobytes of memory, and a monochrome backlit liquid-crystal display, the Pivot II had a list price of US$ 1,995....
  
  , early laptop computers
• Pivot display, a display which can change orientation
• Pivot table
  Pivot table
  In data processing, a pivot table is a data summarization tool found in data visualization programs such as spreadsheets or business intelligence software. Among other functions, pivot-table tools can automatically sort, count, total or give the average of the data stored in one table or spreadsheet...
  
  , a data summarization tool in spreadsheets
• Pivotal Games
  Pivotal Games
  Pivotal Games were the developers of the Conflict series.which included Conflict: Desert Storm, Conflict: Desert Storm 2, Conflict: Vietnam, Conflict: Global Storm. They also developed The Great Escape, based on the film of the same name. They were acquired by SCi on Sep 29, 2003...
  
  , a former UK video game developer
• Pivot, now PivotX
  PivotX
  PivotX is a content management system designed for blogging, the latest version of software formerly called Pivot.The content can be stored in either flat files or a database, whereas many other content management systems only give the user one of these options.The license for PivotX is GNU GPL...
  
  , a content management system designed for bloggers
• Apache Pivot
  Apache Pivot
  Apache Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich web applications in Java or any JVM-compatible language. It is released under the Apache License version 2.0.-Architecture:Its classes are divided in the following categories:...
  
  , an open-source platform for building applications in Java

Linguistics

• Syntactic pivot
  Syntactic pivot
  The syntactic pivot is the verb argument around which sentences "revolve", in a given language. This usually means the following:*If the verb has more than zero arguments, then one argument is the syntactic pivot....
  
  , the argument of the verb around which the sentence revolves
• Pivot language
  Pivot language
  A pivot language, sometimes also called a bridge language, is an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation between many different languages – to translate between any pair of languages A and B, one translates A to the pivot language P, then from P to B...
  
  , an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation

Mathematics

• Pivot element
  Pivot element
  The pivot or pivot element is the element of a matrix, an array, or some other kind of finite set, which is selected first by an algorithm , to do certain calculations...
  
  , a non-zero element of a matrix selected by an algorithm
• Pivotal quantity
  Pivotal quantity
  In statistics, a pivotal quantity or pivot is a function of observations and unobservable parameters whose probability distribution does not depend on unknown parameters....
  
  , in statistics

Music

• Pivot (US band), a U.S. rock band
• Pivot, the former name of PVT (band)
• Pivot (album)
  Pivot (album)
  Pivot is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album Watchful except with a somewhat more active and direct approach...
  
  , by Amoeba
• Pivot chord

Sport

• Pivot, a Rugby league position
• Pivot, another term for a fly-half in Rugby union
  Rugby union
  Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
  
  
• Pivot turn (skiing)
  Pivot turn (skiing)
  The pivot turn or pivot is a technique of turning in place in skiing. The two types are the tail pivot and tip pivot.In the tail pivot, e.g., to the left, little turning steps are done to the left while keeping the tails of the skis together in place...
  
  , a technique of turning in place in skiing
• Pivot, a player position in Team handball
  Team handball
  Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
  
  
• Pivot or center (basketball)
  Center (basketball)
  The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
  
  , a player position in basketball
• Pivot, a player position in roller derby
  Roller derby
  Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
  
  
• Pivot (futsal), a player position in futsal

Places

• Pivot Peak
  Pivot Peak
  Pivot Peak is a prominent conical peak, 2,470 m, distinguished by a large northeast cirque and as the highest point in Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land. The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition established a survey station on its summit on January 21,...
  
  , the highest point in Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land
• Mount Pivot
  Mount Pivot
  Mount Pivot is a conspicuous mountain, 1,095 m, with steep rock slopes on its west side, standing between Mount Haslop and Turnpike Bluff in the west part of the Shackleton Range...
  
  , a mountain in the western part of the Shackleton Range

Companies

• Pivot Wireless
  Pivot Wireless
  Pivot Wireless was a cell phone service, created by a joint venture between Sprint and multiple cable companies.Using Pivot, customers were able to access their cable TV guide, email service and watch many national channels using the cell phone...
  
  , a cell phone service, created by a joint venture between Sprint and multiple cable companies
• Pivot Legal Society
  Pivot Legal Society
  Pivot Legal Society is a legal advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia's Downtown Eastside. Founded in 2000, Pivot's stated aim is to represent and defend the marginalized and disenfranchised.-Media coverage:...
  
  , a legal advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Incitec Pivot, an Australian chemicals & explosives manufacturer