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 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 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) * Pseudo open drain, an electronics interface technology * Personal online data stores, storage of personal data for the web decentralization project Solid (web decentralization project)#Design, Solid * Pod, the basic scheduling unit in Kubernetes

Film and television

* Pod (film), ''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'' * Pod, a fictional organic gaming console featured in ''existenz'' * Personal Overhaul Device on ''Snog Marry Avoid?''

Music

* P.O.D., an American metal band from San Diego, California * Pod (Afro Celt Sound System album), ''Pod'' (Afro Celt Sound System album) (2004) * Pod (The Breeders album), ''Pod'' (The Breeders album) (1990) * ''The Pod'', a 1991 album by Ween * Pod (amp modeler), a line of guitar amp modelers by Line 6 * POD (song), "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 Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition#Presence, 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, 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), ''Pod'' (sculpture), a sculpture by Pete Beeman * POD (video game), ''POD'' (video game) * Podcast, a form of digital media * Pod Children's Charity, an English charity * Coffee pod, ground coffee in a filter container * Pod hotel, 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 of an item * Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent * Power on demand energy supply, * Pod, a format used by Current TV * Probability of detection, a nondestructive testing term * Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or principal components analysis, in statistics * POD, an acronym for postoperative delirium * Sarco pod, a euthanasia device

Biology

Electronics and computing

Film and television

Music

Transportation

Other uses

See also