BOD or bod may refer to:

People

* Péter Bod (1712–1768), Hungarian theologian and historian *

Péter Ákos Bod Péter Ákos Bod (born 28 July 1951) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the cabinet of József Antall from 1990 to 1991 then Governor of the Hungarian National Bank from 1991 to 1994, when ...

(born 1951), Hungarian politician and economist *

Rens Bod Rens Bod (born 1965, Bergh) is a professor in digital humanities and history of humanities at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the exploration of patterns and underlying principles in language, music, art, literature and hist ...

(born 1965), professor in digital humanities and history of humanities at the University of Amsterdam *

Brian O'Driscoll Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the ...

(born 1979), Irish rugby player nicknamed "BOD" * Bod Mellor, British painter born Dawn Mellor in 1970

Places and structures

Bod, Brașov Bod (german: Brenndorf; hu, Botfalu) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod (''Botfalusi Cukorgyártelep''). The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the no ...

, a commune in Romania * Bod, the native name of

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

* Bőd, the Hungarian name for Bediu village, Nușeni Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Böd of Gremista, an ancient Shetland fishing booth

Science and technology

* Breakover diode, a gateless

thyristor A thyristor () is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials used for high-power applications. It acts exclusively as a bistable switch (or a latch), conducting when the gate receives a current ...

triggered by avalanche current * Bilirubin oxidase, an enzyme *

Biochemical oxygen demand Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) needed (i.e. demanded) by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic material present in a given water sample at a certain temperature over a specific time period. T ...

or "biological oxygen demand", a measure of organic pollution in a wastewater sample

Codes

Bodmin Parkway railway station Bodmin Parkway railway station ( kw, Fordh Bosvena) is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall, England. It is situated south-east of the town of Bodmin in the civil parish of St Winnow, ...

, National Rail station code BOD, a railway station in Cornwall, UK *

Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) is the international airport of Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the Communes of France, ''commune'' of Mérignac, Gironde, Mérignac, west o ...

, IATA code BOD, an airport serving Bordeaux, France * bod, ISO 639-3 and -2 language codes for

Lhasa Tibetan Lhasa Tibetan (), or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In the traditional "three-branch ...

Other uses

* Banco Occidental de Descuento, a Venezuelan bank *

Board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

, a group of people who jointly supervise the activities of an organization *

Board of Deputies of British Jews The Board of Deputies of British Jews, commonly referred to as the Board of Deputies, is the largest and second oldest Jewish communal organisation in the United Kingdom, after only the Initiation Society which was founded in 1745. Established ...

* BOD (consulting firm), an Indian management consulting firm *

BOD (psychedelic) BOD (4-methyl-2,5,β-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is the beta-methoxy analog of 2C-D. BOD was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book '' PiHKAL'', the dosage range is listed as 15–25 mg, a ...

, a hallucinogenic drug * ''Bod'' (TV series), a BBC children's television series *

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

, a research library at the University of Oxford informally referred to as "the Bod" *

Book of Discipline A Book of Discipline (or in its shortened form Discipline) is a book detailing the beliefs, standards, doctrines, canon law, and polity of a particular Christian denomination. They are often re-written by the governing body of the church concerned ...

, a Christian denominational book *

Books on Demand Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to written media, such as books and magazines, either as an ebook or as a physical copy using POD (pri ...

, a print-on-demand and self-publishing platform *

Mourvèdre Mourvèdre (also known as Mataro or Monastrell) is a red wine grape variety grown in many regions around the world including the Rhône and Provence regions of France, the Valencia and Jumilla and Yecla ''denominaciones de origen'' (DOs) of Sp ...

, a grape varietal also known as Bod

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