PIM

Updated: 05/03/2022 by Computer Hope

PIM may refer to any of the following:

USRobotics Palm Pilot

1. Short for personal information management, PIM is a computer program designed to assist with the organization of data such as names and telephone numbers. An example of a device that uses this software is the PalmPilot made by U.S. Robotics.

2. Short for Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM is a router multicast protocol that distributes data across a wide network of computers. For example, PIM cam distribute a live broadcast of a video.

Computer acronyms, Manager, Multicast, Network terms, Protocol