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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''' is short for [[Prisoner of War]]
'''POW''' or '''pow''' may also refer to:
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* '''POW''' is also a shortened name of the [[Polska Organizacja Wojskowa|Polish Military Organisation]] active before and during the [[World War I]]
== Music ==
* '''Pow''' is a word found commonly in comic strips to describe an action.
* [[P.O.W (Bullet for My Valentine song)|"P.O.W" (Bullet for My Valentine song)]] (2013)
* '''Pow!''' is a song brought out by [[Lethal bizzle]] which then got banned for promoting gun culture.
* "Pow", a 1992 song by the Beastie Boys from ''[[Check Your Head]]''
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* "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==
[[Category:Military]]
* [[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.'' (''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)]]

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Latest revision as of 20:12, 25 October 2024

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

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Organizations

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Television

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Other uses

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See also

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