POD

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Pod or POD may refer to:

Biology

• A type of fruit of a flowering plant, particularly:
  • Legumes, a type of fruit common in the family Fabaceae (=Leguminosae)
• A social group of cetaceans (whales, porpoises, dolphins, etc.)

Business

• Payable on Death, term used on certain bank accounts or Totten trusts, where payment is made to specified person upon account holder's death
• Print on demand (also "publishing on demand"), published works not produced until a copy is ordered

Computers

• Ping of death, a type of attack on a computer
• Plain Old Data structure, a term for all data types from the C programming language in C++
• Plain Old Documentation, a platform-independent documentation tool for the computer language Perl
• Point of delivery (networking), a module or group of network, computer, storage, and application components that work together to deliver a network service
• Power-on diagnostics, also known as the power-on self-test, the start up sequence of computers before the operating system is loaded
• Python (programming language) Open Document

Entertainment

• Pod (Pokémon)
• Planet of Death or POD - Planet of Death, a PC racing game game released in 1997 by Ubisoft
• POD 2, a video game released in 2000 by Ubisoft
• The Path of Daggers, the eighth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan
• Pod, a short user-created non-fiction video or documentary aired by Current TV
• EVA Pod, a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Pod, a fictional organic gaming console featured in the movie existenz
• Pod, the growth medium for the replacements in Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• POD, the Personal Overhaul Device on Snog Marry Avoid?

Music

• P.O.D. an American metal band from San Diego, California
• Pod (Afro Celt Sound System album), a 2004 album
• Pod (The Breeders album), a 1990 rock album by The Breeders
• The Pod, a 1991 album by Ween
• Pod (amp modeler), POD 2.0, FloorPOD and PODxt line of guitar amp modelers by Line 6
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, a 2006 rock musical starring Tenacious D
  • The Pick of Destiny, the soundtrack album
  • "POD" (song), a 2006 song on the album
• Power of Dreams, a Dublin-based pop/rock band

Mathematics

• Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or Principal components analysis, a method for obtaining approximate descriptions of multidimensional systems in statistics
• Probability of Detection, a nondestructive testing term

Medicine

• Pouch of Douglas or rectouterine pouch, an extension of the peritoneal cavity between the rectum and back wall of the uterus

Technology

• Pod (aviation), a detachable pod or pack containing machine guns or automatic cannon and ancillaries
• Engine pod or nacelle, a streamlined enclosure holding the engine of an aircraft
• Escape pod, a small capsule to escape a vessel in an emergency
• iPod, a portable media player designed by Apple Inc
• Pod propulsion, a method of propulsion for ships also known as an azimuth thruster
• Pod (vehicle), a name for the vehicles in the proposed ULTra personal rapid transit system
• Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent
• Pseudo open drain (or "open collector"), a semiconductor technology

Other

• Coffee pod, pre-packaged ground coffee beans in their own filter
• Orthotube, a door-like security device seen in the BBC television series Spooks
• Peace One Day, an non-profit organisation
• Pod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prehistoric settlement and hill fort sited in modern Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Point of divergence, the point at which an alternate history diverges from the normal timeline
• United States Post Office Department of the United States
• Prince of Darkness (disambiguation), a title used for Satan, but also a nickname for several individuals and the title of some films
• Pod Childrens Charity, an English non-profit organisation who provide live entertainment for children in hospital and hospices
• Pride of Dover, an out-of-service English channel Ferry
• Podracer, a type of vehicle from the Star Wars universe

See also

• PODS (disambiguation)
• Arthropod, literally "joint footed", a phylum of animals
• Cephalopod, literally "head footed", a class of animals
• Gastropod, literally "stomach footed", a class of animals

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