pod

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

1. printer (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.

2. text Plain Old Documentation.

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(1998-12-18)