POD

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See also: pod, pod-, pód, po'd, PO'd, -pod, and -pód

English

Noun

POD (countable and uncountable, plural PODs)

  1. (uncountable, publishing) Initialism of print on demand.
  2. (logistics) Initialism of proof of delivery.
  3. (uncountable, programming) Initialism of plain old data.
  4. Initialism of point of divergence.
  5. Initialism of place of death.
    • 2013, Myra Bluebond-Langner, Emma Beecham, Bridget Candy, Richard Langner, Louise Jones, “Preferred place of death for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions ”, in Palliative Medicine, volume 27, number 8, SAGE Publications, →DOI, page 708:
      Vickers et al. found that at entry to the study, that is, when it was thought that cure was no longer possible, 98 (68%) of 164 families recorded a preference for home as POD.

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