Pod or POD may refer to:
Biology and medicine 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 Greek-derived root meaning 'foot' "-pod", a suffix used in taxonomy POD, abbreviation used in hospitals for podiatry Sarco pod, a euthanasia device
Electronics, computing, and mathematics Protective Oceanic Device, an electronic shark repellent Pseudo open drain, an electronics interface technology Point of delivery (networking) Personal online data stores, storage of personal data for the web decentralization project Solid Pod, the basic scheduling unit in Kubernetes Plain Old Documentation, a documentation tool for the computer language Perl Plain old data in computing, data distinct from an object Proper orthogonal decomposition in the field of numerical simulation Proper Orthogonal Decomposition or principal components analysis, in statistics
Arts and media
Fictional entities 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) (2004) 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), 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
Other media Point of divergence of an alternate history from actual history Print on demand or publishing on demand Pod, a format used by Current TV Pod (film), an American horror film Pod (sculpture), a sculpture by Pete Beeman POD (video game), a 1997 racing game Proof of Destruction, a 1987 video game, also known as P.O.D. Pod, 2022 novel by Laline Paull
Transportation 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
Other uses Pod (caste), former name of Indian caste now known as Poundra Pod Children's Charity, an English charity Peace One Day, a non-profit organisation Coffee pod, ground coffee in a filter container Pod hotel, cheap accommodation with very small rooms Laundry detergent pod Proof of delivery of an item Probability of detection, a nondestructive testing term Gun pod, a detachable weapons pack Targeting pod, a target designation tool used by ground-attack aircraft POD, Payable on Death, a form of account titling; see Totten trust
See also iPod, a portable media player designed by Apple Inc. Podcast, a form of digital media PODS (disambiguation) PPOD (disambiguation)