Cord
Cord or CORD may refer to:
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Common meanings
- Thin rope
- Cord (climbing) a type of rope used in climbing
- Cord (unit) used for measuring wood
- Power cord
- Umbilical cord
Cord or CORD may also refer to:
Places
People
- Alex Cord (1933–2021), American actor and writer
- Chris Cord (born 1940), American racing driver
- Errett Lobban Cord (1894–1974) American industrialist
- Ronnie Cord (1943–1986), Brazilian singer
- 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
- 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 (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)
- Coord (short for coordinate)
- Cordage (disambiguation)
- Cordé, a fictional character in the Star Wars universe
- CORDS (disambiguation)
- Rope (disambiguation)
- String (disambiguation)
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