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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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-'''POW''' stands for [[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 "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 stand for:
+'''POW''' or '''pow''' may also refer to:
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-== Entertainment ==
+== Music ==
+* [[P.O.W (Bullet for My Valentine song)|"P.O.W" (Bullet for My Valentine song)]] (2013)
-* [[Pow!]], a 1960s British comic
+* "Pow", a 1992 song by the Beastie Boys from ''[[Check Your Head]]''
-* [[P.O.W. (TV series)]], a 2003 mini-series airing on ITV
+* "P.O.W. (Pissed Off White Boy)", a 1993 song by Beowülf from ''[[Un-Sentimental]]''
-* [[Pow Entertainment]] (Purveyors of Wonder Entertainment), a media production company
+* "Pow", a 1978 song by Graham Central Station from ''[[My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me]]''
-* [[Pow! (novel)|''Pow!'' (novel)]], a 2012 novel by [[Mo Yan]]
+* "POW", a 2009 song by Soulja Boy from ''[[The DeAndre Way]]''
-=== Music ===
+==Organizations==
+* [[POW! Entertainment]], a media production company
-* "P.O.W. (Pissed Off White Boy)", a song from Beowülf's 1993 album ''[[Un-Sentimental]]''
+* [[Polska Organizacja Wojskowa]] or Polish Military Organisation
-* [[Pow (Forward)|"Pow" (Forward)]], a 2004 song by Lethal Bizzle and banned on radio
+* [[Protect Our Winters]], a non-profit environmental organization
-* [[POW (song)|"POW" (song)]], a 2009 song by rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
+* [[Portorož Airport]]'s IATA code
-* "Pow", a song by The Beastie Boys from ''[[Check Your Head]]''
-=== Video games ===
+==Television==
+* [[P.O.W. (United States Steel Hour)|''P.O.W.'' (''United States Steel Hour'')]]
-* ''[[P.O.W.: Prisoners of War]]', an arcade game that was ported to the NES console
+* [[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==
+==Other uses==
+* ''[[P.O.W.: Prisoners of War]]'', a 1988 arcade game that was ported to the NES console
-* <code>pow(x, y)</code>, an [[exponentiation]] function in computer programming
+* [[Pow (surname)]]
-* Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, or [[Polish Military Organisation]],  active before and during World War
+* [[pow function in C]], the exponentiation function in the programming language C
-* POW: the IATA code for [[Portorož Airport]] in Portorož, Slovenia
+* [[Powys]], county in Wales, Chapman code POW
-* PoW or POW: [[Proof of work]] in cryptography
+* [[Proof of work]] or PoW system
+* P.O.W; aka [[Prince of Wales]]
 == See also ==
+* [[Pow! (disambiguation)]]
 * [[Pow wow (disambiguation)]]
 * [[Prisoner of War (disambiguation)]]