Pod

POD may be an abbreviation for:

Prince of Darkness, a title of Satan
Print on demand (sometimes also "publishing on demand"), published works not produced until a copy is ordered
Proper orthogonal decomposition, in statistics, method for obtaining approximate descriptions of multidimensional systems
Portable On Demand Storage, a portable storage unit
Payable On Death, often used to describe a bank account that will be paid out to a beneficiary (e.g., "a POD account")
P.O.D., a southern California-based rock band whose name is derived from the abbreviation for the term "Payable On Death"
Port of discharge, a shipping term used to indicate the unloading port of a voyage of cargo.

Computing

Plain Old Data Structures, term for all data types from the C programming language in C++
Plain Old Documentation, a platform-independent documentation tool for the computer language Perl
Ping of death, a type of attack on a computer
Planet of Death, a racing game which was one of the first games to use the MMX instruction set; also the name of a 1981 video game which was also known as Adventure A

Proof of delivery, an international commerce term for a signed document proving delivery
Point of divergence, the point at which an alternate history diverges from the normal timeline
Point of Deployment, in digital cable television, haw functionality is added to set top boxes
Parachute Opening Device, a device that automatically opens a parachute at a certain height when the user doesn't open it manually
POD, a brand name for Line 6 digital amplifier and effects modelers

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