pod
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6.0
- noun
- /pɑd/
- Jargon
:
pod
- operating pods
Examples
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I just got the connection pod, but I have no clue what to do next.
Blog text (27) -
So what you see here are various pods with IT racks within them.
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For measurements of environmental quality, a smaller instrument package (pod) may be deployed.
Academic text (1992) -
Chanda squeezed into the pod again and waited.
Fiction book (2002) -
Now the future of that unknown species rested in a wormhole pod that was speeding off into space.
Fiction book (1999) -
The pod immediately sends out a complex web of Borg technology, which covers the Starfleet console inside and out.
Fiction book (1994) -
In Kubernetes, a pod consists of one or more containers that share resources and run on the same node.
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Each pod in the cluster can be scaled independently to handle varying workloads effectively.
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The application was deployed in a new pod to ensure proper isolation from other services.
Compounds
- Offensive
4
9.9
A person who seems to have no feelings or personality and appears distant from others
- Specialized
2
5.5
A removable container that attaches to a plane or spacecraft to hold extra fuel
- US
1
9.3
A large tropical tree with wide branches that give shade and seed pods eaten by animals
A long seed pod from a tree with sweet pulp and small beans used for food and animal feed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pod in computing borrows the same idea of a small container that holds items together, like a pea pod holding peas. That is why a computing pod is a small unit that contains and runs several containers together.