Pom Explained

Pom or POM may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Pom (comics) (1919–2014), a Belgian comic strip writer and artist
Baby Pom, a fictional character in the British television programme Fimbles
Pom, a character in the video game Them's Fightin' Herds

Organizations

Pepco Holdings (stock symbol)
POM Wonderful, a company and brand of pomegranate juice
Jacksons International Airport or Port Moresby Airport (IATA code)
Presidio of Monterey, California, a US Army installation
Working People's Party (Moldova) (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidului Oamenilor Muncii), a political party in Moldova

Science and technology

Pomeranian (dog), a breed of dog
Princeton Ocean Model, a model for ocean circulation
Prescription-only medicine, a medicine that requires a prescription
Particulate organic matter
Posterior nucleus, of the thalamus; see Barrel cortex
Pom-pom, a type or model of machine-gun.

Chemistry

Pivaloyloxymethyl, a functional group in organic chemistry
Polyoxometalate, a type of inorganic compound used as catalysts
Polyoxymethylene, a common plastic polymer

Computing

Parallax occlusion mapping, a computer graphics method to add 3D complexity to textures
Pattern-oriented modeling, a technique to validate agent-based models
Project Object Model, the central construct of the Apache Maven build management system
Probabilistic Ontology Model, a method for ontology learning used in KAON

Other uses

Pom (dish), a taro like root based oven dish native to Suriname
Pom (slang), a slang term for a British person (see Ten-pound Pom}
Pom language
Production and Operations Management, a peer-reviewed academic journal
Pom-pom or pom, a decorative ball
Pom Klementieff (born 1986), French actress
Patrouilleur Outre-mer, a type of high-sea patrol vessel

See also