Pom or POM may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Pom (comics) Jozef Van Hove, better known as Pom, (b. Berchem, 16 November 1919 - 2 May 2014) was a Belgium, Belgian comics writer and artist, mainly known for the humorous-satirical adventure comic strip ''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'' published in ''Gazet van ...

(1919–2014), a Belgian comic strip writer and artist * Baby Pom, a fictional character in the British television programme ''

Fimbles ''Fimbles'' is a British children's television series created and produced by Novel Entertainment. The series has 200 episodes, airing from 2002 to 2004 with repeats of the series airing until early 2012 on CBeebies. The Fimbles are Fimbo, Florri ...

'' * Pom, a character in the video game ''

Them's Fightin' Herds ''Them's Fightin' Herds'' is an indie fighting game developed by Mane6 and published by Maximum Games. It features a cast of all-female ungulate characters fighting each other to find a champion worthy of gaining a magical key that will protect ...

Organizations

Pepco Holdings Pepco Holdings was a holding company incorporated in February 2001 for the purpose of effecting the acquisition of Conectiv Power Delivery by Potomac Electric Power Company (better known as "Pepco"). The acquisition was completed on August 1, 200 ...

(stock symbol) *

POM Wonderful POM Wonderful, LLC is a private company which sells an eponymous brand of beverages and fruit extracts. It was founded in 2002 by the billionaire industrial agriculture couple Stewart and Lynda Rae Resnick. Through The Wonderful Company, their h ...

, a company and brand of pomegranate juice *

Jacksons International Airport Port Moresby International Airport , also known as Jacksons International Airport, is an international airport located outside Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. It is the largest and busiest airport in Papua New Guinea, with an estimated 1.4 mi ...

or Port Moresby Airport (IATA code) *

Presidio of Monterey, California The Presidio of Monterey (POM), located in Monterey, California, is an active US Army installation with historic ties to the Spanish colonial era. Currently, it is the home of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLI-FLC). ...

, a US Army installation * Working People's Party (Moldova) (), a political party in Moldova

Science and technology

Pomeranian (dog) The Pomeranian (often known as a Pom) is a dog breed, breed of dog of the Spitz type that is named for the Pomerania region in north-west Poland and north-east Germany in Central Europe. Classed as a toy dog breed because of its small size, t ...

, a breed of dog *

Princeton Ocean Model The Princeton Ocean Model (POM) is a community general numerical model for ocean circulation that can be used to simulate and predict oceanic currents, temperatures, salinities and other water properties. Development The model code was originall ...

, a model for ocean circulation * Prescription-only medicine, a medicine that requires a prescription * Particulate organic matter * Posterior nucleus, of the thalamus; see

Barrel cortex The barrel cortex is a region of the somatosensory cortex that is identifiable in some species of rodents and species of at least two other orders and contains the barrel field. The 'barrels' of the barrel field are regions within cortical lay ...

Chemistry

Pivaloyloxymethyl Pivaloyloxymethyl (POM, pivoxil, pivoxyl) is a protecting group used in organic synthesis.''Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis'', 3rd Edition, Theodora M. Greene and Peter G. M. Wuts, The POM radical has the formula (CH3)3C-CO-O-CH2. The PO ...

, a functional group in organic chemistry *

Polyoxometalate In chemistry, a polyoxometalate (abbreviated POM) is a polyatomic ion, usually an anion, that consists of three or more transition metal oxyanions linked together by shared oxygen atoms to form closed 3-dimensional frameworks. The metal atoms are ...

, a type of inorganic compound used as catalysts *

Polyoxymethylene Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction, and excellent dimensional stability. As with many other synthetic pol ...

, a common plastic polymer

Computing

Parallax occlusion mapping Parallax occlusion mapping (POM) is an enhancement of the parallax mapping technique. Parallax occlusion mapping is used to procedurally create 3D definition in textured surfaces, using a displacement map (similar to a topography map) instead of ...

, a computer graphics method to add 3D complexity to textures * Pattern-oriented modeling, a technique to validate agent-based models *

Project Object Model Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. Maven can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. The Maven project is hosted by the Apache Software Foundation, where it was ...

, the central construct of the Apache Maven build management system * Probabilistic Ontology Model, a method for ontology learning used in

KAON KAON (Karlsruhe ontology) is an ontology infrastructure developed by the University of Karlsruhe and the Research Center for Information Technologies in Karlsruhe. Its first incarnation was developed in 2002 and supported an enhanced version of ...

Other uses

Pom (dish) ''Pom'' is a Surinamese oven dish made using Arrowleaf elephant ear root, locally called "''pomtajer''". History Within the Surinamese community, in both Suriname and The Netherlands, ''pom'' is the most popular and best known festive dish. Wit ...

, a taro like root based oven dish native to Suriname * Pom (slang), a slang term for a British person *

Pom language Pom is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Miosnum Island in Cenderawasih Bay west of Serui Island, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country ...

* ''

Production and Operations Management ''Production and Operations Management'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all topics in product and process design, operations, and supply chain management. ''Production and Operations Management'' is published by Wiley-B ...

'', a peer-reviewed academic journal *

Pom-pom A pom-pom – also spelled pom-pon, pompom or pompon – is a decorative ball or tuft of fibrous material. The term may refer to large tufts used by cheerleaders, or a small, tighter ball attached to the top of a hat, also known as a ...

or pom, a decorative ball *

Pom Klementieff Pom Alexandra Klementieff (; born 3 May 1986) is a French actress and model. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and appeared in such French films as '' The Easy Way'' (2008) and '' Sleepless Night'' (2011), before making ...

(born 1986), French actress *

Patrouilleur Outre-mer The Patrouilleurs Outre-mer (POM), or ''Félix Éboué'' class, are a type of six high-sea patrol vessels of the French Navy. They are to be based at Nouméa, Tahiti and La Réunion, as replacement for the s which are nearing the end of their care ...