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Pod (legume or whales)

The elongated seed pod of a legume plant like a pea, or a small cohesive social group of whales.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Pod (Kubernetes)

The smallest schedulable computing unit in Kubernetes containing one or more co-located application containers.

First in use: c. 2014

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Pea pods and whale pods vs. Kubernetes.

Which meaning of Pod is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Pod (legume or whales) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Pod (Kubernetes) arrived in 2014. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Pod (legume or whales)

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Duplicate · c. 2014

Pod (Kubernetes)

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