Cod Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not c ...

is the common name for fish of the genus ''Gadus'', as well as being used to refer to several other varieties of fish. Cod, CoD or COD may also refer to:

Books

* ''

A Century of Dishonor ''A Century of Dishonor'' is a non-fiction book by Helen Hunt Jackson first published in 1881 that chronicled the experiences of Native Americans in the United States, focusing on injustices. Jackson wrote ''A Century of Dishonor'' in an attempt t ...

'', a non-fiction book by Helen Hunt Jackson, first published in 1881 * ''

Concise Oxford Dictionary The ''Concise Oxford English Dictionary'' (officially titled ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary'' until 2002, and widely abbreviated ''COD'' or ''COED'') is probably the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition contains ...

'', dictionary of English * ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'', a 1997 book by

Mark Kurlansky Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. He has written a number of books of fiction and non-fiction. His 1997 book, ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'' (1997), ...

Computing

Caldera OpenDOS DR-DOS (written as DR DOS, without a hyphen, in versions up to and including 6.0) is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles. Upon its introduction in 1988, it was the first DOS attempting to be compatible with IBM PC DOS and MS-D ...

, a former open source distribution of DR-DOS * Cluster on die, a feature available in certain Haswell-EP CPUs that provides support for logical CPU partitioning

Education

College of DuPage College of DuPage is a public community college with its main campus in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The college also owns and operates facilities in the Illinois communities of Addison, Carol Stream, Naperville and Westmont. With more than 20,000 ...

, a community college in Illinois *

College of the Desert College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time. It serves the Coachella Valley of Riverside County. The college is fed ...

, a community college in California

Entertainment

* ''C.O.D.'' (1914 film), a short comedy film * ''C.O.D.'' (1932 film), a British crime film * "C.O.D." (''Law & Order''), 325th episode of NBC's legal drama * "C.O.D." (''Person of Interest''), an episode of the American TV series ''Person of Interest'' * ''

Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic ...

'', a first-person shooter video game franchise

Finance and commerce

Cancellation-of-debt income Taxpayers in the United States may have tax consequences when debt is cancelled. This is commonly known as cancellation-of-debt (COD) income. According to the Internal Revenue Code, the discharge of indebtedness must be included in a taxpayer's gr ...

, a U.S. tax concept *

Cash on delivery Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called collect on delivery or cash on demand, is the sale of goods by mail order where payment is made on delivery rather than in advance. If the goods are not paid for, they are returned to the retailer. Origin ...

or "collect on delivery", a type of financial transaction *

Certificate of deposit A certificate of deposit (CD) is a time deposit, a financial product commonly sold by banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions in the United States. CDs differ from savings accounts in that the CD has a specific, fixed term (often one, ...

, a financial instrument

Music

* ''C.O.D.'' (album), by Saint Vitus, released in 1992 * C.O.D. (musician) (?–2012), American electro musician *

Cod Music Cod Music is a record label that aims at new musicians. It was founded in 2006. Musicians * Bang Gang *Lay Low * Dr Mister & Mr Handsome *Benny Crespo's Gang *Merzedes Club Merzedes Club (commonly misspelled Mercedes Club) was a band created b ...

, a record label * "C.O.D.", a song by AC/DC on the album ''

For Those About to Rock We Salute You ''For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'' (referred to as ''For Those About to Rock'' on its cover) is the eighth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was released on 20 November 1981 for the United States, 27 November 1981 f ...

'' * ''C.O.D.'', a vinyl release by

Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy is an American musician and front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region, but disbanded after a sad turn of events with their reco ...

Science

* Catastrophic optical damage, a laser failure mode *

Cause of death In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of conditions resulting in a human's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. The cause of death is ...

, essential data on a governmental death certificate *

Chemical oxygen demand In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicative measure of the amount of oxygen that can be consumed by reactions in a measured solution. It is commonly expressed in mass of oxygen consumed over volume of solution w ...

, a water quality measure * Chitin disaccharide deacetylase, an enzyme *

Cordoba Durchmusterung In astronomy, Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) is an astrometric star catalogue of the whole sky, compiled by the Bonn Observatory in Germany from 1859 to 1903. The name comes from ('run-through examination'), a German word used for a ...

, an astrometric survey * Crystallography Open Database, a database of crystal structures *

Cyclooctadiene A cyclooctadiene (sometimes abbreviated COD) is any of several cyclic diene with the formula (CH2)4(C2H2)2. Focusing only on cis derivatives, four isomers are possible: 1,2-, which is an allene, 1,3-, 1,4-, and 1,5-. Commonly encountered isomers ar ...

, a chemical compound **

1,5-Cyclooctadiene Cycloocta-1,5-diene is a cyclic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , specifically . There are three configurational isomers with this structure, that differ by the arrangement of the four C–C single bonds adjacent to the double bonds. Eac ...

, a specific isomer of cyclooctadiene

Transport

* USS ''Cod'', a U.S. Navy submarine *

Carrier onboard delivery Carrier onboard delivery (COD) is the use of aircraft to ferry personnel, mail, supplies, and high-priority cargo, such as replacement parts, from shore bases to an aircraft carrier at sea. Several types of aircraft, including helicopters, hav ...

, a type of military aircraft *

Yellowstone Regional Airport Yellowstone Regional Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Cody, a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is the only commercial airport in Park Count ...

, IATA code COD

Other uses

* Cód, the Hungarian name for Sadu, Romania * Cod stronghold, a World War II German stronghold in

Hermanville-sur-Mer Hermanville-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Sights * 13th century church * Commonwealth war cemetery * Old village centre * Villa la Bluette, an 1899 villa by archit ...

, France * The Cods, a faction in the

Hook and Cod wars The Hook and Cod wars ( nl, Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten) comprise a series of wars and battles in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but some have argued that the u ...

of 14th–15th century Holland * A term for male genitalia, as in the word

codpiece A codpiece () is a triangular piece that attached to the front of men's hose, covering the fly. It may be held in place by ties or buttons. It was an important fashion item of European clothing during the 15th–16th centuries. In the modern era ...

* ISO 3166 code for

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, a country in central Africa *

City of Dreams (casino) City of Dreams (, Portuguese: Cidade dos Sonhos) is a casino resort in Cotai, Macau, SAR of People's Republic of China. Built, owned and managed by Melco Resorts & Entertainment, the resort, also known as CoD or CoD Macau, opened on June 1, 2 ...

, a casino resort in Cotai, Macau, China *

Cod Latin Dog Latin or cod Latin is a phrase or jargon that imitates Latin, often by "translating" English words (or those of other languages) into Latin by conjugating or declining them as if they were Latin words. Dog Latin is usually a humorous devi ...

, fake Latin * Commercial operation date