Po or PO may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Po (''Kung Fu Panda''), the protagonist of the ''

Kung Fu Panda ''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American martial arts comedy media franchise that started in 2008 with the release of the animated film '' Kung Fu Panda'' produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily v ...

'' franchise * Po, one of the titular ''

Teletubbies ''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...

'' * Po, a character in the novel '' Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore

Music

* Po (instrument), a percussion instrument * Pocket Operator, a series of drum machines and synthesizers by Teenage Engineering *

Po! Po! are an indie rock band formed in Leicester, England in 1987, with releases dating up to 1998 on Rutland Records, Sunday Records in the US and Elefant Records in Spain. History Po! was originally formed by Ruth Miller (musician), Ruth Miller ...

, a British musical group

Businesses and organisations

* ''

Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans The ''Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans'' (, PO) was an early French railway company. It merged with the '' Chemins de fer du Midi'' to form the '' Chemins de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi'' (PO-Midi) in 1934. In 1938 the PO ...

'', a defunct French railway company, and one of the principal components of the SNCF *

Petrol Ofisi Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. is a fuel products distribution and lubricants company in Turkey. It is owned by the Dutch Vitol Group. Vitol completed its acquisition of Petrol Ofisi from OMV AG in June 2017. Petrol Ofisi had 1,900 fuel stations in 2022 in ...

, a petroleum distribution company *

Pilkington Optronics Pilkington is a glass-manufacturing company which is based in Lathom, Lancashire, England. It includes several legal entities in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Japanese company Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG). It was formerly an independent company li ...

, a multinational optronics manufacturer *

Polar Air Cargo Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc. is a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to North America, Asia, and Europe. Its main base is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, with ...

(IATA code), an airline * '' Platforma Obywatelska'' (Civic Platform), a Polish political party *

Post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

, a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system * Pensions Ombudsman, the official ombudsman institution for investigating complaints regarding pensions in the UK *

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, a post-publication open peer review platform and question & answer forum

Economics

Purchase order A purchase order, often abbreviated to PO, is a commercial document issued by a buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services required. It is used to control the purchasing of products and services ...

, a document issued from a buyer to a seller *

Postal order A postal order or postal note is a type of money order usually intended for sending money through the mail. It is purchased at a post office and is payable to the named recipient at another post office. A fee for the service, known as poundage, ...

, a financial instrument for sending money by mail *

Pareto optimality In welfare economics, a Pareto improvement formalizes the idea of an outcome being "better in every possible way". A change is called a Pareto improvement if it leaves at least one person in society better off without leaving anyone else worse ...

, a concept in economics * Principal Only, a type of

collateralized mortgage obligation A collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) is a type of complex debt security that repackages and directs the payments of principal and interest from a collateral pool to different types and maturities of securities, thereby meeting investor need ...

Product owner Scrum is an agile team collaboration framework commonly used in software development and other industries. Scrum prescribes for teams to break work into goals to be completed within time-boxed iterations, called ''sprints''. Each sprint ...

, a popular role in Agile development methodology

Military ranks

Petty officer A petty officer (PO) is a non-commissioned officer in many navies. Often they may be superior to a seaman, and subordinate to more senior non-commissioned officers, such as chief petty officers. Petty officers are usually sailors that have ...

, a non-commissioned naval rank *

Pilot officer Pilot officer (Plt Off or P/O) is a junior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. Pilot officer is the lowest ran ...

, a commissioned air force rank

People

* Po Beg, 8th-century Turkic female ruler *

Po Bronson Po Bronson (born March 14, 1964) is an American journalist and author who lives in San Francisco. Early life and education Bronson was born in Seattle, Washington. After attending Lakeside School in Seattle, he graduated from Stanford Univers ...

(born 1964), American journalist and writer, born Phillip Bronson *

Poh Ling Yeow Poh Ling Yeow (; born 17 December 1973) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. She has hosted multiple cooking shows including ABC's ''Poh's Kitchen'' and SBS's ''Poh & Co''. She has also publi ...

(born 1973), Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. *

Fernão do Pó Fernão do Pó (; ''fl.'' 1472), also known as Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer of the West African coast. He was the first European to see the islands in the Gulf of Guinea around 1 ...

, 15th-century Portuguese explorer *

Kimberly Po Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in wome ...

(born 1971), US tennis player * Teresa del Po (1649–1716), Italian painter *

P.O Pyo Ji-hoon (; born February 2, 1993), better known by his stage name P.O, is a South Korean rapper, singer and actor. He is the youngest member of the boy group Block B and its sub-unit Bastarz. As an actor, he has appeared in television ser ...

, stage name of Pyo Ji-hoon, South Korean rapper and member of the boy group Block B

Places

Europe

Po (river) The Po ( , ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy, starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is , or if the Maira (river), Maira, a right bank tributary, is included. The headwaters of the Po are forme ...

, a river in Italy *

Pô (department) Pô () was a Departments of France, department of the French First Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the river Po (river), Po. It was formed in 1802, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainlan ...

, a department of the First French Empire in present Italy *

PO postcode area The PO postcode area, also known as the Portsmouth postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 34 postcode districts in southern England, within 24 post towns. These cover south-east Hampshire (including Portsmou ...

, a group of UK postal districts around Portsmouth, England * Poo (Cabrales) (Asturian: ''Po''), a municipality in Asturias, Spain

Other places

* Pô Department, a department and commune in Burkina Faso **

Pô Pô is a city in southern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Provinces of Burkina Faso, province of Nahouri. The main ethnic group (making about 60% of the inhabitants) is the Kassena, Kasséna, a group close to the Gurunsi people, Gurunsi. ...

, the village in this departement * Po, Chiang Rai, a village in Thailand * A river in Virginia, USA; joins the Mat, the Ta, and the Ni Rivers to form the

Mattaponi River The Mattaponi River is a tributary of the York River estuary in eastern Virginia in the United States. History Historically, the Mattaponi River has been known by a variety of names and alternate spellings, including ''Mat-ta-pa-ment'', Matap ...

Science, technology, and mathematics

Computing

* .po, a filename extension * Petaoctet (Po), a unit of information storage *

, a role in Scrum, a software development strategy

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Polonium Polonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Po and atomic number 84. A rare and highly radioactive metal (although sometimes classified as a metalloid) with no stable isotopes, polonium is a chalcogen and chemically similar to selenium and tel ...

, symbol Po, a chemical element *

Propylene oxide Propylene oxide is an epoxide with the molecular formula C3H6O. This colourless volatile liquid with an odour similar to ether, is produced on a large scale industrially. Its major application is its use for the production of polyether polyols f ...

, an organic compound *

Phosphorus monoxide Phosphorus monoxide is an unstable radical inorganic compound with molecular formula P O. Phosphorus monoxide is notable as one of the few molecular compounds containing phosphorus that has been detected outside of Earth. Other phosphorus cont ...

(PO), an unstable radical inorganic compound *

Projective orthogonal group In projective geometry and linear algebra, the projective orthogonal group PO is the induced action of the orthogonal group of a quadratic space ''V'' = (''V'',''Q'')A quadratic space is a vector space ''V'' together with a quadratic form ''Q''; th ...

, an action in projective geometry and linear algebra * ''

Per os Oral administration is a route of administration whereby a substance is taken through the mouth, swallowed, and then processed via the digestive system. This is a common route of administration for many medications. Oral administration can be ...

'' or peroral, meaning "by mouth", i.e. oral administration of a medication

Sports

* Pickleball Ontario, Canadian provincial pickleball association *

Putout In baseball statistics, a putout (PO) is awarded to a defensive player who (generally while in secure possession of the ball) records an out by one of the following methods: * Tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tag ...

, in baseball statistics

Other uses

* ''Po'' (clothing), a traditional Korean overcoat * ''Po'' (food), dried meat and fish in Korean cuisine * Po (lateral thinking), part of a lateral thinking technique created by Edward de Bono * Po (giant panda), daughter of Yang Yang, a giant panda at Zoo Atlanta * ''Po'' (spirit), one of the elements of the spirit in ancient Chinese religion *

Po language Bo (Po, Sorimi) is a possible Left May language of New Guinea, in Sandaun and East Sepik Provinces. It is essentially undocumented, and its status as a separate language is unconfirmed. It is spoken in Bo, Kaumifi, Kobaru, and Nigyama Umarita vi ...

, or Bo language, of New Guinea *

Chamber pot A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flushing toilets. Names and etymology "Chamber" is an older term for bedroom. The chamber pot ...

, in British slang *

Probation officer A probation or parole officer is an official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation or those released from incarceration to community supervision such as parole. Most probat ...

or parole officer * ''Po'', a Filipino honorific expressing politeness and respect * ''Po'', the former name of the 2016 film ''

A Boy Called Po ''A Boy Called Po'' (also known as ''Po'') is a 2016 American drama film directed by John Asher and written by Colin Goldman, based on a true story starring Christopher Gorham, Julian Feder, and Kaitlin Doubleday. When his wife dies of cancer, a ...

'' * Patrouilleurs Océanique program