POD
English
Noun
POD (countable and uncountable, plural PODs)
- (uncountable, publishing) Initialism of print on demand.
- (mail) Initialism of proof of delivery.
- (uncountable, programming) Initialism of plain old data.
- (alternate history) Initialism of point of divergence.
- 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, , 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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