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'pod' comes from Play on Demand and pre-dates the iPod (iPod being an apple branded Play on Demand device).
by AdamN 3y ago
'pod' comes from Play on Demand and pre-dates the iPod (iPod being an apple branded Play on Demand device).
- DamnInteresting 3y agoIf I'm not mistaken, 'play on demand' in this context is a backronym[1]. The iPod name is apparently a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey: > The name came from a freelance copyrighter who, after seeing the prototype, thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!"[2] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym 2: https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-visual-history-of-apple-ipods https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-visual-history-of-apple-ipods
- zokier 3y agohttps://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/03/03/the-pod-in-podcast https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/03/03/the-pod-in-podc...
- AdamN 3y agoThanks for article - possibly it's 'retcon nonsense' but the explanation of 'pod' preceding 'iPod' was told to me in the very early days of iPods so if it was made up then it was made up nearly 20 years ago.