POD - Computer Pod

Pod or POD may refer to:

Biology

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• A type of fruit of a flowering plant, particularly:
  • Legume, a type of fruit common in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • The husk of a legume
• A group of marine mammals or cetaceans (e.g. whales, porpoises, dolphins)
• "-pod", a suffix used in taxonomy

Business

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• Proof of delivery of an item
• Print on demand or publishing on demand
• Point of difference between products
• Pod hotel, cheap accommodation with very small "rooms"

Computers

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• Ping of death (PoD), an attack on a computer system that involves sending a malformed or otherwise malicious ping to a computer
• Plain old data in computing, data distinct from an object
• Plain Old Documentation, a documentation tool for the computer language Perl
• Point of delivery (networking)

Entertainment

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• Pod (Pokémon), the Japanese name for the Pokémon character Chili
• Planet of Death, a computer game
• POD 2, a sequel to Planet of Death
• Pod, a format used by Current TV
• EVA Pod, a fictional spacecraft in 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?
• Pod (film), an American horror film

Music

• "10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod", otherwise known as "Pod", a 2015 song on the deluxe edition of Presence by Led Zeppelin
• 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
• "POD" (song), a 2006 song on The Pick of Destiny album

Mathematics

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• Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or Principal components analysis in statistics

Technology

• Pod (aviation), a detachable weapons pack
• Engine pod or nacelle, a streamlined aircraft engine enclosure
• Escape pod, a small capsule to escape a vessel in an emergency
• iPod, a portable media player designed by Apple Inc.
• Pod propulsion, ship propulsion method also known as an azimuth thruster
• Pod (vehicle), in the proposed ULTra personal rapid transit system
• Probability of detection, a nondestructive testing term
• Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent
• Pseudo open drain, an electronics interface technology

Other

• Pod (caste) (Poundra), a scheduled caste in India
• Coffee pod, ground coffee in a filter container
• Orthotube, a door-like security device in the BBC television series Spooks
• Payable on Death (finance), a special type of bank account under U.S. law that bypasses probate
• Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation
• Pod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prehistoric settlement and hill fort
• Point of divergence of an alternate history from actual history
• Pod Children's Charity, England
• Podracer, a type of vehicle from the Star Wars universe
• Pod (sculpture), by Pete Beeman

See also

• P.O.D.
• PODS (disambiguation)
• PPOD (disambiguation)
• -pod, suffix meaning "foot" in zoology
  • Arthropod, literally "joint footed", a phylum of animals
  • Cephalopod, literally "head footed", a class of animals
  • Gastropod, literally "stomach footed", a class of animals