NOD
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NOD may refer to:
- Nod (gesture), a gesture of the head
- Brotherhood of Nod, a shadowy military organization and arch-rival to the Global Defense Initiative in the Command and Conquer computer game series
- Land of Nod can refer to:
- Biblical land to which Cain was banished
- small hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- associated with being asleep or drugged
- Also see: Popular culture
- Night observation device; see night vision
- Night of Decadence, a Rice University campus party
- NOD protein: intracellular peptidoglycan sensor. Component of the innate immune system.
- NOD (non-obese diabetic) mice, a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes.
- Nod, of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
- NOD32, a software antivirus application
- Nod: A term used to describe a side effect of heavy opiate intoxication