Pod or POD may refer to:

Biology

* Pod (fruit), a type of fruit of a flowering plant *

Husk Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective ...

or pod of a legume *

Pod of whales Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel thems ...

or other marine mammals * "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy

Electronics and computing

* Proper orthogonal decomposition 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, a documentation tool for the computer language Perl * Point of delivery (networking) *

Pseudo open drain An open collector is a common type of output found on many integrated circuits (IC), which behaves like a switch that is either connected to ground or disconnected. Instead of outputting a signal of a specific voltage or current, the output sig ...

, an electronics interface technology * Personal online data stores, storage of personal data for the web decentralization project Solid * Pod, the basic scheduling unit in Kubernetes

Film and television

* ''Pod'' (film), an American horror film *

Podracer The following is a list of fictional ''Star Wars'' terrestrial vehicles, including armoured fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships. Vehicles appearing in the Original Trilogy All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) The All ...

, a type of vehicle from the Star Wars universe *

Orthotube An orthotube is a capsule-like high security interlocking door allowing entry to a building or office by one authorised person at a time. Orthotubes are typically used by security and intelligence agencies, such as the Australian Security Intell ...

or pod, a fictional security device in ''Spooks'' * Pod, the growth medium for the replacements in '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' * Pod, a fictional organic gaming console featured in '' existenz'' * Personal Overhaul Device on '' Snog Marry Avoid?''

Music

P.O.D. P.O.D., an initialism for Payable on Death, is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of drummer and rhythm guitarist Wuv Bernardo, vocalist Sonny Sandoval, bassist Traa ...

, an American metal band from San Diego, California * ''Pod'' (Afro Celt Sound System album) (2004) * ''Pod'' (The Breeders album) (1990) * '' The Pod'', a 1991 album by Ween *

Pod (amp modeler) Pod is a series of digital guitar amplifier modelers from Line 6. Pods are designed to digitally simulate amplifiers. Most Pods also include cabinet models, and all Pods include effects models. All Pod variants include headphone ports and recor ...

, 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 detachable weapons pack * Targeting pod, a target designation tool used by ground-attack aircraft * Pod (vehicle), in the proposed ULTra personal rapid transit system * Engine pod or nacelle, a streamlined aircraft engine enclosure * Escape pod, a small capsule to escape a vessel in an emergency *

Pod propulsion An azimuth thruster is a configuration of marine propellers placed in pods that can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth), making a rudder unnecessary. These give ships better maneuverability than a fixed propeller and rudder system. T ...

, ship propulsion method also known as an azimuth thruster * POD, an abbreviation for port of discharge

Other uses

Pod (caste) Poundra is a Dalit community from West Bengal. They are called ''Purno'' in North Bengal, ''Pod'' and ''Padmaraja'' in South Bengal, and ''Baleya'' in Medinipur and Baleshwar. They find the name ''Pod'' offensive. Their population was around two ...

(Poundra), a scheduled caste in India *

Pod (Pokémon) Pod or POD may refer to: Biology * Pod (fruit), 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 o ...

or Chili * ''Pod'' (sculpture), a sculpture by Pete Beeman * ''POD'' (video game) * Podcast, a form of digital media *

Pod Children's Charity Pod Children's Charity (registered as Pod Charitable Trust no: 279743) is a British non-profit organisation, which provides live entertainment for children in hospital and hospices throughout the UK.

, an English charity * Coffee pod, ground coffee in a filter container *

Pod hotel Capsule hotel ( ja, カプセルホテル, kapuseru hoteru), also known in the Western world as a pod hotel, is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features many small bed-sized rooms known as capsules. Capsule hotels provide cheap, basic o ...

, cheap accommodation with very small rooms * Laundry detergent pod * Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation * Point of difference between products * Point of divergence of an alternate history from actual history * Print on demand or publishing on demand *

Proof of delivery Proof of delivery (POD) is a method to establish the fact that a recipient received contents sent by a sender. When the sender sends multiple documents through the mail, there is a possibility of some not reaching the intended recipient. Generall ...

of an item * Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent *

Power on demand Power most often refers to: * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events ** Abusive power Power may a ...

energy supply, * Pod, a format used by Current TV * Probability of detection, a

nondestructive testing Nondestructive testing (NDT) is any of a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and technology industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage. The terms nondestructive examination (NDE), n ...

term * Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or principal components analysis, in statistics * POD, an acronym for postoperative

delirium Delirium (also known as acute confusional state) is an organically caused decline from a previous baseline of mental function that develops over a short period of time, typically hours to days. Delirium is a syndrome encompassing disturbances in ...

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 ...