Pod or POD may refer to:

Biology

Pod (fruit) This page provides a glossary of plant morphology. Botanists and other biologists who study plant morphology use a number of different terms to classify and identify plant organs and parts that can be observed using no more than a handheld magnify ...

, a type of fruit of a flowering plant * Husk or pod of a legume * Pod of whales or other marine mammals * "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy

Electronics and computing

Proper orthogonal decomposition The proper orthogonal decomposition is a numerical method that enables a reduction in the complexity of computer intensive simulations such as computational fluid dynamics and structural analysis (like crash simulations). Typically in fluid dynam ...

in the field of numerical simulation *

Plain old data In computer science and object-oriented programming, a passive data structure (PDS, also termed a plain old data structure, or plain old data, POD) is a term for a record, to contrast with objects. It is a data structure that is represented only ...

in computing, data distinct from an object *

Plain Old Documentation Plain Old Documentation (pod) is a lightweight markup language used to document the Perl programming language as well as Perl modules and programs. Design Pod is designed to be a simple, clean language with just enough syntax to be useful. It pur ...

, a documentation tool for the computer language Perl *

Point of delivery (networking) A point of delivery, or PoD, is "a module of network, compute, storage, and application components that work together to deliver networking services. The PoD is a repeatable design pattern, and its components maximize the modularity, scalability, an ...

* Pseudo open drain, an electronics interface technology * Personal online data stores, storage of personal data for the web decentralization project

Solid Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas, and plasma). The molecules in a solid are closely packed together and contain the least amount of kinetic energy. A solid is characterized by structural ...

* Pod, the basic scheduling unit in

Kubernetes Kubernetes (, commonly stylized as K8s) is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. Google originally designed Kubernetes, but the Cloud Native Computing Foundation now maintains ...

Film and television

* ''Pod'' (film), an American horror film * Podracer, a type of vehicle from the Star Wars universe * Orthotube or pod, a fictional security device in ''Spooks'' * Pod, the growth medium for the replacements in ''

Invasion of the Body Snatchers ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was shot in Superscope and in the film ...

'' * Pod, a fictional organic gaming console featured in '' existenz'' * Personal Overhaul Device on ''

Snog Marry Avoid? ''Snog Marry Avoid?'' is a British reality television show broadcast on BBC Three, produced by Remarkable Television. The first four series were presented by Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost, with Ellie Taylor presenting from the fifth series o ...

Music

* P.O.D., an American metal band from San Diego, California * ''Pod'' (Afro Celt Sound System album) (2004) * ''Pod'' (The Breeders album) (1990) * ''

The Pod ''The Pod'' is the second studio album by American rock band Ween. It was released on September 20, 1991, by Shimmy-Disc. Production The album was recorded from January to October 1990, at the Pod on Van Sant Road in Solebury Township, Pennsylva ...

'', a 1991 album by Ween * Pod (amp modeler), a line of guitar amp modelers by Line 6 * "POD" (song), a 2006 song by Tenacious D from ''The Pick of Destiny'' * "10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod" or "Pod", a 2015 song on the deluxe edition of ''Presence'' by Led Zeppelin

Transportation

Gun pod A gun pod is a detachable pod or pack containing machine guns, autocannons, revolver cannons, or rotary cannons and ancillaries, mounted externally on a vehicle such as a military aircraft which may or may not also have its own guns. Descriptio ...

, a detachable weapons pack *

Targeting pod Targeting pods (TGP) are target designation tools used by attack aircraft for identifying targets and guiding precision-guided munition (PGM) such as laser-guided bombs to those targets. The first targeting pods were developed in conjunction wit ...

, a target designation tool used by ground-attack aircraft * Pod (vehicle), in the proposed ULTra personal rapid transit system *

Engine pod A nacelle ( ) is a "streamlined body, sized according to what it contains", such as an engine, fuel, or equipment on an aircraft. When attached by a pylon entirely outside the airframe, it is sometimes called a pod, in which case it is attached ...

or nacelle, a streamlined aircraft engine enclosure *

Escape pod An escape pod, escape capsule, life capsule, or lifepod is a capsule or craft, usually only big enough for one person, used to escape from a vessel in an emergency. An escape ship is a larger, more complete craft also used for the same purpose ...

, a small capsule to escape a vessel in an emergency * Pod propulsion, ship propulsion method also known as an azimuth thruster * POD, an abbreviation for port of discharge

Other uses

* Pod (caste) (Poundra), a scheduled caste in India * Pod (Pokémon) or Chili * ''Pod'' (sculpture), a sculpture by Pete Beeman * ''POD'' (video game) *

Podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...

, a form of digital media * Pod Children's Charity, an English charity *

Coffee pod A single-serve coffee container is a method for coffee brewing that prepares only enough coffee for a single portion. Single-serve coffee containers can both reduce the time needed to brew coffee and simplify the brewing process by eliminatin ...

, ground coffee in a filter container * Pod hotel, cheap accommodation with very small rooms *

Laundry detergent pod Laundry detergent pods (or packs or liquitabs) are water-soluble pouches containing highly concentrated laundry detergent, softener and other laundry products. Notable brands of these packs include All, Arm & Hammer, Gain, Purex, Persil and Tid ...

Peace One Day Peace One Day is a non-profit organisation whose objective is to institutionalise the International Day of Peace. It was founded in 1999 by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley. History In 1999 Jeremy Gilley desired there be ...

, a non-profit organisation *

Point of difference Point of difference refers to the factors of products or services that establish differentiation. Differentiation is the way in which the goods or services of a company differ from its competitors. Indicators of the point of difference's success w ...

between products *

Point of divergence Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, altern ...

of an alternate history from actual history *

Print on demand Print on demand (POD) is a printing technology and business process in which book copies (or other documents, packaging or materials) are not printed until the company receives an order, allowing prints of single or small quantities. While oth ...

or publishing on demand * Proof of delivery of an item *

Protective Oceanic Device Ocean Guardian is the manufacturer of devices that use Shark Shield Technology. The Ocean Guardian electronic devices create an electromagnetic field to deter shark attacks and are used by surfers, scuba divers, snorkelers, spearfishers, ocea ...

, an electronic shark repellent * Power on demand energy supply, * Pod, a format used by

Current TV Current TV was an American television channel which broadcast from August 1, 2005, to August 20, 2013. Prior INdTV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, with Ronald Burkle, each held a sizable stake in Current TV. Comcast and DirecTV each held a smalle ...

* Probability of detection, a nondestructive testing term * Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or

principal components analysis Principal component analysis (PCA) is a popular technique for analyzing large datasets containing a high number of dimensions/features per observation, increasing the interpretability of data while preserving the maximum amount of information, and ...

, in statistics * POD, an acronym for postoperative delirium *

Sarco pod The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos and has been referred to as a "suicide pod") is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D printing, 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die ...