Cod Cod (: cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus ''Gadus'', belonging to the family (biology), 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 ''Gad ...

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 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 one of the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries. The latest edition contains o ...

'', dictionary of the English language * ''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 author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction. His 1997 book, ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'' (1997), was an international bestseller a ...

Computing

Caldera OpenDOS DR-DOS is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles, originally developed by Gary A. Kildall's Digital Research, Digital Research, Inc. and derived from Concurrent PC DOS 6.0, which was an advanced successor of CP/M-86. Upon its introd ...

, 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 college, public community colleges in the United States, community college with its main campus in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The college also owns and operates satellite campuses in Addison, Illinois, Addison, Carol St ...

, 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 feder ...

, 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 military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...

'', 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 gro ...

, a U.S. tax concept *

Cash on delivery Cash on delivery (COD), sometimes called payment on delivery, cash on demand, payment on demand or collect on delivery 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, th ...

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

Certificate of deposit A certificate of deposit (CD) is a time deposit sold by banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions in the United States. CDs typically differ from savings accounts because the CD has a specific, fixed term before money can be withdrawn wit ...

, a financial instrument

Music

* ''C.O.D.'' (album), a 1992 album by Saint Vitus * C.O.D. (musician) (?–2012), American electro musician * "C.O.D.", a 1981 song by AC/DC from the album ''

For Those About to Rock We Salute You ''For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)'' (shortened to ''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 in the United States and on 27 November 1981 ...

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

Mark Mulcahy Mark Mulcahy is an American musician. He was the front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion. The band earned modest renown, especially in their native New England region. Mulcahy soon formed Polaris, a house band for th ...

Science

* Catastrophic optical damage, a laser failure mode *

Cause of death In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the 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. In rare cases, an ...

, 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, wh ...

, 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, published by the Bonn Observatory in Germany from 1859 to 1863, with an extension published in Bonn in 1886. The name comes from ('run-t ...

, an astrometric survey *

Crystallography Open Database The Crystallography Open Database (COD) is a database of crystal structures. Unlike similar crystallographic databases, the database is entirely open-access, with registered users able to contribute published and unpublished structures of small m ...

, a database of crystal structures *

Cyclooctadiene A cyclooctadiene (often 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 are th ...

, a chemical compound **

1,5-Cyclooctadiene 1,5-Cyclooctadiene (also known as cycloocta-1,5-diene) is a cyclic compound, cyclic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , specifically . There are three configurational isomers with this structure, that differ by the arrangement of the four C� ...

, 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 spare part, replacement parts, from shore bases to an aircraft carrier at sea. Several types of aircraft, including helico ...

, a type of military aircraft * Yellowstone Regional Airport, 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 Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprise ...

, France * The Cods, a faction in the

Hook and Cod wars The Hook and Cod wars (; sometimes semi-anglicised as the wars of the Hoecks and the Cabbeljaws) comprise a series of wars and battles in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over who should hold the title ...

of 14th–15th century Holland * The male genitalia, as in the word

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

* ISO 3166 code for

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

, a country in central Africa *

City of Dreams (casino) City of Dreams (, ) 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 1 June 2009. Described as a "mega-casi ...

, a casino resort in Cotai, Macau, China *

Cod Latin Dog Latin, or cod Latin, is a phrase or jargon that imitates Latin, often by what is referred to as "translating" English words (or those of other languages) into Latin by Latin conjugation, conjugating or latin declension, declining them, as i ...

, fake Latin *

Codecision procedure The European Union adopts legislation through a variety of procedures. The procedure used for a given legislative proposal depends on the policy area in question. Most legislation needs to be proposed by the European Commission and approved by ...

Commercial operation date An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.