Poe

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Poe may refer to:

[edit] People named Poe

• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), a famous American writer
• Ted Poe (1948-), U.S. Congressman for the 2nd Congressional District of Texas.
• Poe (born 1968), the stage name of rock singer-songwriter Ann Danielewski
• John Poe (fl. 1980s), the drummer from rock band Guadalcanal Diary
• Poe Darli Theintan (fl. 1990s), a Burmese vocalist
• Michael Poe (fl. 2000s), an American webcomics artist
• Fernando Poe, Sr., a famous Filipino actor
• Fernando Poe, Jr., son of Poe, Sr., also a famous actor and a former candidate for President of the Philippines
• Marshall Poe, an American historian and author
• Poe (film), a 2007 movie by Sylvester Stallone

[edit] Fictional characters

• Poe, a ghost-like creature in video games of The Legend of Zelda series
• Poe, a poet in computer games of the Baldur's Gate series
• Poe, the third mascot of the Baltimore Ravens National Football League team
• Mr. Poe, the banker from A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Poe De Spell, a raven from the television series DuckTales.
• Cameron Poe, the protagonist of Con Air

[edit] Acronyms

The acronym POE or PoE can be expanded as follows.

Information technology:

• Power over Ethernet, a technology to transmit power along with data over standard network cables
• the Perl Object Environment, a multitasking and networking framework in the Perl programming language
• POE, a bootstrapping multi-threaded server incorporating 4.3BSD functionality in early versions of the Mach kernel

Currencies:

• the piece of eight, a colloquial name for the Spanish dollar silver coin historically minted in Mexico

Internet sites:

• the Portal of Evil, a humorous web directory (the acronym is sometimes verbed as in "your site has been POEd")
• Planes of Existence, an online virtual world of the talker variety

Mathematics:

• propagation of error, a phenomenon discussed in statistics, numerical analysis and quality management

Administration:

• port of entry
• place of employment

Chemistry:

• polyoxyethylene derivatives, a series of polymers consisting of functionalized chains of oxyethylene e.g. polysorbate compounds such as Tween® and POE alcohols such as Brij®. Also called polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide.

Philosophy:

• problem of evil

Other:

• Point of Existence
• Greek Cycling Federation