# Recursive vs Indirect

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/recursive-vs-indirect/1902>\
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**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/recursive-vs-indirect/1902 "2018-01-23T00:35:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/recursive-vs-indirect/1902/2 "2018-01-24T02:20:23Z")

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From context I’m assuming you are talking about pins:

There are 2(+2) basic types of pins:

- Direct - Objects pinned directly
- Recursive - Roots of recursive pins (like direct, but also pin the children of the object)
- Indirect - Objects referenced by recursive pins
- Internal - internal, most of the time you don’t see those

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