Pivot may refer to:

• Pivot, the fulcrum as part of a lever
• Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body
• Pivot turn, a dance move

In mathematics:

• Pivot element, the first element distinct from zero in a matrix in echelon form
• Pivotal quantity, in statistics

In music:

• Pivot (Australian band)
• Pivot (US band)

In computing:

• Pivot, an element of the quicksort algorithm
• Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software
• Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II, laptop computers
• Pivot display, function in displays
• Pivot table, a data summarization tool in spreadsheets

In 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

In sport:

• Pivot turn (skiing)
• Pivot (card game)
• Pivot, a player position in the sport of basketball, also known as a post or center
• Pivot foot, in basketball, the foot that must remain on the floor when a player has possession of the ball and is not dribbling
• Pivot, a player position in the sport of roller derby
• Pivot, a slang term for a quarterback in American football