Pod

Pod or POD may refer to:


 * Post Office Department of the United States

Biology

 * 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 suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy

Electronics and computing

 * Proper orthogonal decomposition in the field of numerical simulation
 * Plain old data in computing, data distinct from an object
 * Plain Old Documentation, 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
 * Pod, the basic scheduling unit in Kubernetes

Film and television

 * 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) (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

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), 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.
 * 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
 * Pod, 2022 novel by Laline Paull
 * 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