POV

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POV most commonly refers to:

• Point of view (disambiguation)

POV or PoV may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Persistence of vision, optical illusion whereby multiple discrete images blend into a single image in the human mind
• POV-Ray, the Persistence-of-Vision Raytracer, a ray-tracing computer graphics program
• Pyramid of vision, a 3D computer graphics term describing what the viewer sees
• Percentage-of-volume or participation, algorithm buying or selling at a defined percentage of the exchange volume

Media and entertainment

• P.O.V. (magazine), a lifestyle magazine targeted at young professional men
• POV (TV series), a PBS television program showing independent, non-fiction films
• POV (album), an album by Utopia (1985)
• "POV" (song), a song by Ariana Grande (2020)
• "P.O.V." (song), a song by Clipse featuring Tyler, the Creator (2025)
• "P.O.V.", a track on the album Radio:Active by McFly (2008)
• "POV" (Batman: The Animated Series), an episode in Batman fiction
• PoV, a live concert video album by Peter Gabriel
• People on Vacation, American rock band starring Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup and Ryan Hamilton of Smile Smile
• POV pornography, subset of gonzo pornography in which the performer also holds the camera.
• "P.O.V.", the seventh track on the album Morning After by Dvsn (2017)

Other

• Power of Veto (disambiguation)
• Parliament of Victoria, Australia
• Privately owned vehicle, as a US government acronym
• POV, Bible translations into Persian
• POV (ᐱᐅᕖ), Inuit surname

See also

• POV hat, a control on some video game joysticks
• Prisoner of war (POW), captive soldier