iPod

American

[ahy-pod] / ˈaɪˌpɒd /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

a brand of portable digital media player.

These instructions tell you how to download or transfer songs to your iPod.

iPod British

/ ˈaɪˌpɒd /

noun

a small portable digital audio player capable of storing thousands of tracks downloaded from the internet or transferred from a CD

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Other Word Forms

iPodder

noun

Etymology

Origin of iPod

Coined in 2000 by an unknown person as the name of a type of internet kiosk; independently coined in 2001 by Vincent (Vinnie) Chieco, U.S. freelance copywriter, as the name of the digital media player; i(Mac), the name of a computer model + pod ¹ ( def. )

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A Holga camera, Yashica T5 camera, Sony digital camera, IPOD, and exposed film and memory sticks full of photos from my trip.

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