Cord

Cord or CORD may refer to:

• Cord (unit), a unit of measurement for firewood and pulpwood used in North America
• Electrical cable, in electronics
  • Extension cord
  • Power cord
• String (structure) made of multiple strands twisted together or
  • thin rope

Cord or CORD may also refer to:

Places

• Cord, Arkansas

People

• Alex Cord (born 1933), 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 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
• Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, a Kenyan political coalition
• Congress on Research in Dance, a professional society for dance research
• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, a scientific organization

Other uses

• 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)
• Coord (short for coordinate)
• Cordage (disambiguation)
• Cordé, a fictional character in the Star Wars universe
• CORDS (disambiguation)
• Rope (disambiguation)
• String (disambiguation)