Cord

Cord or CORD may refer to:

Common meanings

• String
• Thin rope
• Twine
• Cord (unit) used for measuring wood
• Power cord
• Umbilical cord

Cord or CORD may also refer to:

Places

• Cord, Arkansas

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 Jefferson, American writer and film director
• 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
• Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support, (CORDS) a pacification program of the U.S. in the Vietnam War
• 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 (climbing) a type of rope used in climbing
• 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)
• Cordage (disambiguation)
• CORDS (disambiguation)
• Rope (disambiguation)
• String (disambiguation)