NOD

NOD, Nod, or nod may refer to:

  • Nod (gesture), a head gesture
  • Nod, a fictional character from the poem "Wyn ken, Blynken, and Nod"
  • Nod factor (nodulation factor), signaling molecules produced by rhizobia during the initiation of nodules on the root of legumes
  • Nation of Domination, a former stable in the World Wrestling Federation
  • Network of Disclosure, a group of comic book dealers and collectors who have pledged to disclose any form of restoration or enhancement on a comic book transferred to another party through sale, trade or gift
  • Night observation device or night vision device
  • Night of Decadence, a campus party at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA
  • NOD mice (non-obese diabetic mice), a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes
  • NOD1 and NOD2, the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing proteins, components of the innate immune system
  • NOD32, a software antivirus application from ESET software
  • Notice of default, a notice given to a borrower regarding failure to pay debt
  • Brotherhood of Nod, a fictional military organization in the Command & Conquer computer game series
  • Nintendo optical disc, a type of media used by the Nintendo GameCube and Wii
  • Nod, the original name of former Atlanta-based power pop band Raves

Famous quotes containing the word nod:

    “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
    Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
    Sailed on a river of crystal light,
    Into a sea of dew.”
    —Eugene Field (1850–1895)

    “I would rather ... have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish,
    A vapor sometimes like a bear or lion,
    A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
    A forked mountain, or blue promontory
    With trees upon ‘t that nod unto the world
    And mock our eyes with air. Thou hast seen these signs;
    They are black vesper’s pageants.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)