pod

Not to be confused with P.O.D..

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1. (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality impact printer). From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used to feed formatted text to it.

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2. Plain Old Documentation.

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Last updated: 1998-12-18

Nearby terms:

POCAL ♦ pocket calculator ♦ pocket computer ♦ pod ♦ P.O.D. ♦ podcast ♦ POE

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