Cord or CORD may refer to:

Common meanings

  • String
  • Thin rope
  • Twine
  • Cord (unit) used for measuring wood
  • Power cord
  • Umbilical cord

Cord or CORD may also refer to:

Places

  • Cord, Arkansas

People

  • Alex Cord (1933–2021), American actor and writer
  • Chris Cord (1940–2022), American racing driver
  • Errett Lobban Cord (1894–1974) American industrialist
  • Ronnie Cord (1943–1986), Brazilian singer
  • Cord Jefferson, American writer and film director
  • Cord McCoy (born 1980), American bull and saddle bronc rider
  • Cord Meyer (1920–2001), American CIA official
  • Cord Parks (born 1986), American professional football player
  • Cord Phelps (born 1987), American professional baseball player
  • Cord Pool, guitarist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
  • Cord Widderich (died 1447), German pirate

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Cord (band), a British rock group
  • Cord (film), a 2000 film starring Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Tilly
  • Cordero "Cord" Buchanon, a fictional character in One Life to Live
  • The Cord Weekly, a student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University

Biology

  • Chronic obstructive respiratory disease or CORD, an alternate name for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Mycelial cord, a structure, used by fungi to transfer nutrients over larger distances
  • Spinal cord
  • Umbilical cord, a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta

Organizations

Organizations with the acronym CORD include:

  • Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, a non-profit health organization
  • Christian Outreach for Relief & Development, a humanitarian organization, based in Leamington Spa, England
  • Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, (CORDS) a pacification program of the U.S. in the Vietnam War
  • Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, a Kenyan political coalition
  • Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, a scientific organization

Computing

  • An electrical cable
  • Rope (data structure) or cord, a data structure for strings

Other uses

  • Cord (climbing) a type of rope used in climbing
  • Cord (sewing), a decorative trim made of multiple strands of yarn twisted together
  • Cord, a short form for the textile type corduroy
  • Cord Automobile, a former American car marque

See also

  • Chord (disambiguation)
  • Cordage (disambiguation)
  • CORDS (disambiguation)
  • Rope (disambiguation)
  • String (disambiguation)