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POW is "prisoner of war", a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

POW or pow may also refer to:

Music

"P.O.W" (Bullet for My Valentine song) (2013)
"Pow", a 1992 song by the Beastie Boys from Check Your Head
"P.O.W. (Pissed Off White Boy)", a 1993 song by Beowülf from Un-Sentimental
"Pow", a 1978 song by Graham Central Station from My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me
"POW", a 2009 song by Soulja Boy from The DeAndre Way

Organizations

POW! Entertainment, a media production company
Polska Organizacja Wojskowa or Polish Military Organisation
Protect Our Winters, a non-profit environmental organization
Portorož Airport's IATA code

Television

P.O.W. (United States Steel Hour)
P.O.W. (TV series), a 2003 ITV mini-series
"P.O.W." (The Flash), an episode of The Flash
P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke, Indian political thriller television series

Other uses

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, a 1988 arcade game that was ported to the NES console
Pow (surname)
pow function in C, the exponentiation function in the programming language C
Powys, county in Wales, Chapman code POW
Proof of work or PoW system
P.O.W; aka Prince of Wales

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+{{wiktionary|POW|pow}}
-'''POW''' is a [[three letter abbreviation]] and as such has several meanings:
+'''[[POW]]''' is "prisoner of war", a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
+'''POW''' or '''pow''' may also refer to:
-*'''[[Prisoner of War]]''' - a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
+{{TOC right}}
-*'''[[Polska Organizacja Wojskowa]]''' - The Polish Military Organisation active before and during [[World War I]].
+== Music ==
-*'''[[Pow (Forward)]]''' - a song released by [[Lethal bizzle]] which then got banned for promoting gun culture.
+* [[P.O.W (Bullet for My Valentine song)|"P.O.W" (Bullet for My Valentine song)]] (2013)
-*'''[[Pow!]]''' - a [[British comic]] that appeared in the 1960s.
+* "Pow", a 1992 song by the Beastie Boys from ''[[Check Your Head]]''
-*'''[[P.O.W.: Prisoners of War]]''' - a video game for the [[NES]] console.
+* "P.O.W. (Pissed Off White Boy)", a 1993 song by Beowülf from ''[[Un-Sentimental]]''
-*'''[[Prisoner of War (video game)]]''' - a video game for PC, PS2 and Xbox.
+* "Pow", a 1978 song by Graham Central Station from ''[[My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me]]''
-*'''[[Palace on Wheels]]''' - a luxury train in [[India]].
+* "POW", a 2009 song by Soulja Boy from ''[[The DeAndre Way]]''
-*'''[[POW (TV Series)]]''' - a television series in the [[United Kingdom]] that premiered in 2003.
-*'''[[Prince of Wales Island, Alaska]]''' - an island off the coast of Alaska.
-*'''[[POW Entertainment]]''' - (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment, a media production company.
-*'''Predatory Older Woman''' - perhaps best exemplified by the portrayal of Mrs Robinson by [[Anne Bancroft]] in the film ''[[The Graduate]]'' ([[1967]]).
-* '''pow(x, y)''' is the [[exponentiation]] operation in the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]] and several others.
-* '''Pow''' is an [[onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic word]] found commonly in comic strips to describe an action.
+==Organizations==
-{{disambig}}
+* [[POW! Entertainment]], a media production company
+* [[Polska Organizacja Wojskowa]] or Polish Military Organisation
+* [[Protect Our Winters]], a non-profit environmental organization
+* [[Portorož Airport]]'s IATA code
+==Television==
-[[it:POW]]
+* [[P.O.W. (United States Steel Hour)|''P.O.W.'' (''United States Steel Hour'')]]
+* [[P.O.W. (TV series)|''P.O.W.'' (TV series)]], a 2003 ITV mini-series
+* [[P.O.W. (The Flash)|"P.O.W." (''The Flash'')]], an episode of ''The Flash''
+* ''[[P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke]]'', Indian political thriller television series
+==Other uses==
+* ''[[P.O.W.: Prisoners of War]]'', a 1988 arcade game that was ported to the NES console
+* [[Pow (surname)]]
+* [[pow function in C]], the exponentiation function in the programming language C
+* [[Powys]], county in Wales, Chapman code POW
+* [[Proof of work]] or PoW system
+* P.O.W; aka [[Prince of Wales]]
+== See also ==
+* [[Pow! (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Pow wow (disambiguation)]]
+* [[Prisoner of War (disambiguation)]]
+{{disambiguation}}