Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former descri ...
, a musical genre
Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as
Gang Parade
, stylized as GANG PARADE (formerly known as Pla2me (プラニメ) and POP (ピォピ)) is a Japanese idol, Japanese alternative idol girl group formed in 2014. In 2020, Gang Parade split into two groups: Go to the Beds and Paradises. They resumed ...
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Pop!
Pop! were a British pop group consisting of Glen Ball, Hannah Lewis, Jamie Tinkler, and Jade McGuire. The group was formed in the summer of 2003 when they were signed by Pete Waterman. They released three singles on the Sony BMG record label, ...
, a UK pop group
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Pop! featuring Angie Hart
Pop! is an Australian studio band formed in the 1990s. It was formed as a side project of Amy Flower (formerly known as Tony Stott) of now defunct Melbourne band About Six Feet. Together with Frente's Angie Hart they recorded the song " Tingly", ...
, an Australian band
Albums
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''Pop'' (Gas album)
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''Pop'' (Joachim Witt album)
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''Pop'' (Mao Abe album)
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''Pop'' (Same Difference album)
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''Pop'' (Tones on Tail album)
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''Pop'' (U2 album)
* ''Pop'', an album by
Topi Sorsakoski
Pekka Erkki Juhani Tammilehto (27 October 1952 – 13 August 2011), better known by his stage name Topi Sorsakoski, was a Finnish singer. His father was Finnish tango singer Yrjö Johannes "Tapio" Tammilehto.
Career
Sorsakoski started his care ...
and Agents
* ''
P.O.P'', The Mad Capsule Markets album
* ''
Pop! The First 20 Hits
''Pop! The First 20 Hits'' is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released on 16 November 1992 in Germany and the UK and 24 November 1992 in the United States. The album utilises a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to tha ...
'', an album by English duo Erasure
Songs
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"Pop" (song), by 'N Sync
* "Pop", a song by
A.R. Kane
A.R. Kane (sometimes AR Kane or A.R.Kane) was a British musical duo formed in 1986 by Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala. After releasing two early EPs to critical acclaim, the group topped the UK Independent Chart with their debut album '' 69'' (1988 ...
* "Pop", a song by Ari Lennox from ''
Shea Butter Baby
''Shea Butter Baby'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Ari Lennox. It was released on May 7, 2019, by Dreamville and Interscope Records. The album was executive produced by Dreamville producer Elite. In addition, the ma ...
''
* "Pop", a song by La Oreja de Van Gogh from ''
El viaje de Copperpot
''El viaje de Copperpot'' (''Copperpot's Voyage'') is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on 11 September 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track.
''El viaje de Copperpot' ...
''
* "
Pop!
Pop! were a British pop group consisting of Glen Ball, Hannah Lewis, Jamie Tinkler, and Jade McGuire. The group was formed in the summer of 2003 when they were signed by Pete Waterman. They released three singles on the Sony BMG record label, ...
", a song by Nayeon from ''
Im Nayeon''
Periodicals
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''Pop'' (fashion magazine), a British publication
* ''
Pop Magazine
''Pop Magazine'' was a quarterly, free press, action sports magazine, published in Australia from 2005 to 2015. Similar to the American magazine, ''Blisss'', it covered skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing news along with interviews and a li ...
'', a sports magazine
Television
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Pop (American TV channel)
Pop, commonly referred to as Pop TV (formerly known as Electronic Program Guide, Prevue Guide, Prevue Channel, TV Guide Channel, and TV Guide Network), is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global under its networks division ...
, formerly TVGN
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Pop (British and Irish TV channel)
Pop, stylized in all caps as POP, is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited targeting audiences aged 6 to 10. Launched on 29 May 2003 as ''Toons&Tunes'' by Chart Show Channels (CSC) Media ...
, for children
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Pop (Slovenian TV channel), Slovenia
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Pop (Pakistani TV channel), for children
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Pop (Italy)
Pop, stylized in all caps as POP, is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited targeting audiences aged 6 to 10. Launched on 29 May 2003 as ''Toons&Tunes'' by Chart Show Channels (CSC) Media ...
Toys
* POP! vinyl figurines from
Funko
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Princess of Power, Mattel toys
Video games
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Prince of Persia, video game franchise
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''Pop'' (video game)
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
* PoP!, the fictional band in ''
Music and Lyrics''
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Pokémon Organized Play
(an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise.
In terms of ...
, trading cards
Commerce
* Pop, slang for pawning goods with a
pawnbroker
A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been ''pawned'' to the broker are themselves called ''pledges'' or ...
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Pay on production
Pay on production (PoP) is a special build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, where payment is made to a supplier by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) per piece produced on the supplier's own equipment by the OEM's employees.
Description
Mos ...
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Point of purchase
The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...
, used often in retail
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Proof of concept
Proof of concept (POC or PoC), also known as proof of principle, is a realization of a certain method or idea in order to demonstrate its feasibility, or a demonstration in principle with the aim of verifying that some concept or theory has prac ...
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Proof-of-payment
Proof-of-payment (POP) or proof-of-fare (POF) is an honor-based fare collection system used on many public transportation systems. Instead of checking each passenger as they enter a fare control zone, passengers are required to carry a ticket, p ...
, a fare collection approach
Organizations
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Eton Society
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...
, nickname
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Pencils of Promise, a charity
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Pop (company), a US company owned by
Advance Publications Inc.
Places
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Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Gregorio Luperón International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) , also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. It is the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport by pa ...
(IATA code POP), Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
* Pop, a tributary of the river
Jijia
The Jijia () ( uk, Жижія, Zhyzhiya) is a river in Ukraine and the Moldavia region of Romania, a right tributary of the Prut. It rises in Ukraine at an altitude of 410 metres, flows south in Botoșani County through the town of Dorohoi and me ...
in eastern Romania
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Pop, Uzbekistan
Pop ( uz, Pop/Поп, russian: Пап, Pap) is a city in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Pop District
Pop is a district of Namangan Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Pop. Its area is 741 km ...
, a town in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan
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Poppleton railway station (station code), York, England
People
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Pop (nickname) Pop is a nickname of:
* Tihomir Asanović (born 1948), Croatian jazz-rock and fusion keyboardist, Hammond organ player and composer
* Pop Corkhill (1858–1921), American baseball player
* Pop Dillon (1873–1931), American baseball player
* Pop ...
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Pop (surname) Pop is a Romanian language, Romanian surname.
List of people with the surname
*Alexandru Pop (born 1945), Romanian rugby union player
*Claudiu-Lucian Pop (born 1972), Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop
*Florian Pop (born 1952), Romanian mathematician ...
, a Romanian surname
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Pop Chalee (1906–1993), American painter, muralist, performer and singer born Merina Lujan
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Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...
(born 1947), American musician
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Jimmy Pop
James Moyer Franks (born August 27, 1972), better known by his stage name Jimmy Pop (originally Jimmy Pop Ali), is an American rapper, singer, musician, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter, ...
(born 1972), American musician
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Pop Smoke (1999–2020), American rapper
Science and technology
Computing
* Operation removing element from a
stack (abstract data type)
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Package on package
Package on a package (PoP) is an integrated circuit packaging method to vertically combine discrete logic and memory ball grid array (BGA) packages. Two or more packages are installed atop each other, i.e. stacked, with a standard interface to rout ...
, IC packaging
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Point of presence
A point of presence (PoP) is an artificial demarcation point or network interface point between communicating entities. A common example is an ISP point of presence, the local access point that allows users to connect to the Internet with their ...
, a demarcation point between communicating entities
* POP and POP3, Internet e-mail
Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. POP version 3 (POP3) is the version in common use, and along with IMAP the most common ...
s
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Pop! OS
Pop!_OS is a free and open-source Linux distribution, based upon Ubuntu, and featuring a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC. The distribution is developed by American Linux computer manufacturer System76. Pop!_OS is prim ...
, a Linux distribution.
Other uses in science and technology
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Pop (physics)
In physics, the fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of position are defined as derivatives of the position vector with respect to time – with the first, second, and third derivatives being velocity, acceleration, and jerk, respectively. Unlik ...
, sixth derivative of position
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Parallel Ocean Program, an ocean circulation model
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Paroxypropione
Paroxypropione, also known as paraoxypropiophenone, is a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen which has been used medically as an antigonadotropin in Spain and Italy but appears to no longer be marketed. It was first synthesized in 1902. The antigona ...
, P.O.P.
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Persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), sometimes known as "forever chemicals", are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic chemicals that adversel ...
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Probability of precipitation Definitions
U.S. National Weather Service
According to the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), PoP is the probability of exceedance that more than of precipitation will fall in a single spot, averaged over the forecast area.
The PoP measure is ...
, in weather forecasting
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Progestogen-only pill, a contraceptive
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Pelvic organ prolapse
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is characterized by descent of pelvic organs from their normal positions. In women, the condition usually occurs when the pelvic floor collapses after gynecological cancer treatment, childbirth or heavy lifting.
In m ...
, a gynecological condition
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Blind rivet
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Plaster of Paris
Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English, "plaster" usually means a material used for the interiors of buildings, while "re ...
, plaster of Gypsum
* Pop, a recording noise from plosives, see
pop filter
Sport
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Pop (professional wrestling)
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence ...
, a crowd cheer
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POP Championship
The Princess of Pro-Wrestling (POP) Championship is a Japanese women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pure-J promotion. The title was created in the JDStar promotion on June 24, 2006, when Fuka defeated Natsuki☆Head in the f ...
(Princess of Pro-Wrestling), Japan
Other uses
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POP (Point of Purchase typeface)
POP (Point of Purchase; ja, ポップ体) is a mono-weight typeface for the Japanese kanji writing system. It is similar to both sans-serif and script-based typefaces in the Latin alphabet. The POP typeface is designed to effect the look of han ...
, in Japanese Kanji
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Pop (ghost), in Thai folklore
* The first month of the
Haabʼ
The Haabʼ () is part of the Maya calendric system. It was a 365-day calendar used by many of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica.
Description
The Haabʼ comprises eighteen months of twenty days each, plus an additional period of five da ...
in the Mayan calendar
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Pacific Ocean Park
Pacific Ocean Park was a nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Pier Avenue in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, California in 1958. Intended to compete with Disneyland, it replaced Ocean Park Pier (1926-1956). After it closed ...
, an amusement park
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Problem-oriented policing
Problem-oriented policing (POP), coined by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Herman Goldstein, is a policing strategy that involves the identification and analysis of specific crime and disorder problems, in order to develop effective res ...
* Pop, a truncation of the word ''popular'' (as in
pop culture
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* Pop (Gas al ...
)
* Pop, slang for
soda
Soda or SODA may refer to:
Chemistry
* Some chemical compounds containing sodium
** Sodium carbonate, washing soda or soda ash
** Sodium bicarbonate, baking soda
** Sodium hydroxide, caustic soda
** Sodium oxide, an alkali metal oxide
* Sod ...
* Pop, an informal term for a
father
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...
or occasionally a
grandfather
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually-reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic ...
* Pop., an abbreviation for
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
See also
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Popping (disambiguation)
Popping is a style of street dance.
Popping may also refer to:
* Joint popping, the action of moving joints to produce a sharp cracking or popping sound
* Popping (computer graphics), an unwanted visual effect that occurs when changing the lev ...
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Pops (disambiguation)
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