Pop

Pop may refer to:

A truncation of popular:

• Pop deke, a common deke used in hockey
• Pop music, a common type of popular music
• Pop art, an art movement of the 1960s and 1970s
• Pop culture, any widespread cultural elements in a society

In computing:

• Pop (video game), a 2008 video game
• Post Office Protocol, an Internet email protocol
• Prince of Persia, a video game
• Screen pop
• Pop, an operation on a stack

In technology:

• Package on package, a way of stacking Ball grid array packages on top of one another
• Point of presence, an interface between communication entities

In food:

• Soft drink or soda
• Popsicle
• Lollipop
• Popcorn
• Pop Weaver, a brand of the above.

In science:

• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Persistent organic pollutant, organic compound resistant to environmental degradation
• Probability of Precipitation, calculated during probabilistic forecasting
• Progestogen only pill, a hormonal contraceptive
• Proof of Principle in research and development

Culture:

• Pirates of Penzance
• Pop (Happy Tree Friends), a Happy Tree Friends character
• Music
  • Pop (album), by U2
  • "Pop" (song), by 'N Sync
  • The Pop part of Slap and Pop guitar style (see Slapping)
  • Pop Shuvit is a Malaysian band.
• TV
  • Pop (TV channel), a digital television channel in the UK
  • POP TV, a Slovenian television network
• Film
  • "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", a film scheduled for release in 2009, based on the Prince of Persia video games.
• Dance
  • Popping (dance), a style of street dance

Pop may also refer to:

• Another word for explode.
• Gregg Popovich, Head Coach of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, as in Coach Pop
• Population, collection of people or organisms in a given area or space
• Pop Tate, a fictional character from Archie Comics
• Puerto Plata Airport's IATA Airport Code
• Abbreviated form of "Papa" or "Pappa", American English colloquilisms for father
• Poppleton railway station, England; National Rail station code POP

Pop may be an acronym for:

• Point of Purchase, in retailing, a stand to promote last minute impulsive buys
• Problem-oriented policing, a policing strategy developed by Herman Goldstein
• Process Oriented Psychology aka 'Process Work', a body of theory and psychotherapeutic practice
• Proof of Payment of one's rapid transit fare
• Point of Presence of an ISP

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