Pod - Definition and Overview

Pod can refer to:

• The seed-case of a flowering plant, particularly of the pea family Leguminosae, and most often of the edible pea.
• A social group of cetaceans.
• POD - Plain Old Documentation.
• POD - Acronym for Print on demand (sometimes also Publishing on Demand).
• The iPod music player marketed by Apple Computer Inc.
• Pod, a district in northern Germany, near the town of Wismar.
• The rock album Pod by The Breeders.
• The 1991 album The Pod by Ween.
• Cannabis, as referenced in William S. Burroughs' novel, Naked Lunch.
• An aerodynamic container to be mounted under an aeroplane, containing f.x. electronic equipment
• PODS - Acronym for Point of Distributed Sound Podcasting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting) or PODS and P.O.D.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PODS)
• Pod - a single node of a directory when used in conjuction with Podcasting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting).
• P.O.D. - a southern California-based rock band whose initials stand for Payable on Death.
• A tripod.