NOD, Nod, or nod may refer to:

Literature

  • Land of Nod, a place mentioned in the biblical book of Genesis
  • Nod, a fictional character from the poem "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod"

Science

  • Night Observation Device or night vision device
  • Non-occlusive disease (NOD), a disease affecting the intestine. It is characterized by mesenteric ischemia without occlusion.
  • NOD mice (non-obese diabetic mice), a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes
  • NOD32, a software antivirus application from ESET software
  • Nod factor (nodulation factor), signaling molecules produced by rhizobia during the initiation of nodules on the root of legumes
  • NOD-like receptor, components of the innate immune system
  • A member of the Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein family
  • Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 1 (NOD1), a receptor protein that recognizes foreign molecules
  • Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2), another receptor protein that recognizes foreign molecules

Other

  • Nod (gesture), a head gesture
  • Northern Thai language, ISO 639-3 language code
  • Nation of Domination, a former stable in the World Wrestling Federation
  • Network of Disclosure, an organization concerned with the condition of comic books
  • Night of Decadence, a campus party at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA
  • Notice of default, a notice given to a borrower regarding failure to pay debt
  • 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
  • Nod, a Nodosaurus in The Land Before Time
  • NOD, abbreviation for Национально-освободительное движение (National Liberation Movement), a right-wing political movement in Russia
  • Brotherhood of Nod, a faction from Command & Conquer
  • Chananporn Rosjan, Thai beauty pageant titleholder

See also

  • Nods (disambiguation)