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Pod can refer to: A method of propulsion for ships, also known as Azimuth thruster The seed-case of a flowering plant, particularly of the pea family Leguminosae, and most often of the edible pea. A social group of cetaceans. Pod, a district in northern Germany, near the town of Wismar. Pod, a location in the upper Vrbas River valley in Bosnia-Hercegovina where settlements of a Bronze Age people identified by some archaeologists with the " Proto-Illyrians" have been found. The rock album Pod by The Breeders. The 1991 album The Pod by Ween. A Welsh poet, real name Arwel Roberts. Cannabis, as referenced in William S. Burroughs' novel, Naked Lunch. An aerodynamic container to be mounted under an aeroplane, containing, e.g., electronic equipment or rockets A tripod. A short video, usually non-professionally produced, also known as Viewer Created Content on the TV show Current TV. An Apple iPod A packet of fine coffee grounds packaged for use in espresso machines
When all letters are capitalized, POD can refer to: POD - Family of Digital Amplifier and Effects Modelers, from the manufacturer Line 6 P.O.D. - a southern California-based rock band whose name is derived from the acronym for the term "Payable On Death" (see below) An acronym for "Parachute Opening Device", a device that automatically opens a parachute at a certain height when the user doesn't open it manually "Payable On Death," often used to describe a bank account that, upon the death of the account holder, will be paid out to a beneficiary (e.g., "a POD account") Ping of death "Pious Overly-Devotional", slang often found in American Catholic blogs. "Plain Old Data", term for all data types from the C programming language in C++. Plain Old Documentation Planet of Death, a racing game which was one of the first games to use the MMX instruction set; also the name of a 1981 video game which was also known as Adventure A Point of Divergence, the point at which an alternate history diverges from the normal timeline. " Pot Over-Dose" as described by the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Prince of Darkness, i.e. The Devil Print on demand (sometimes also " publishing on demand") Priest of Discord, an character in the EverQuest game "Proof of Delivery", the Incoterm for a signed document proving delivery Proper orthogonal decomposition Problem Of the Day an improperly backformed singular of PODS, standing for Portable On Demand Storage This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.