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'''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.
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*'''[[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 X-Box.
* "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.
* '''pow(x, y)''' is the [[exponentiation]] operation in the [[C programming language]] and several others.
* '''Pow''' is an [[onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic word]] found commonly in comic strips to describe an action.


==Organizations==
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* [[POW! Entertainment]], a media production company
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* [[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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