# Cord

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**Cord** or **CORD** may refer to:

## Common meanings

- [String](/source/String_(structure))
- Thin [rope](/source/Rope)
- [Twine](/source/Twine)
- [Cord (unit)](/source/Cord_(unit)) used for measuring wood
- [Power cord](/source/Power_cord)
- [Umbilical cord](/source/Umbilical_cord)

**Cord** or **CORD** may also refer to:

## Places

- [Cord, Arkansas](/source/Cord,_Arkansas)

## People

- [Alex Cord](/source/Alex_Cord) (1933–2021), American actor and writer
- [Chris Cord](/source/Chris_Cord) (1940–2022), American racing driver
- [Errett Lobban Cord](/source/Errett_Lobban_Cord) (1894–1974) American industrialist
- [Ronnie Cord](/source/Ronnie_Cord) (1943–1986), Brazilian singer
- [Cord Jefferson](/source/Cord_Jefferson), American writer and film director
- [Cord McCoy](/source/Cord_McCoy) (born 1980), American bull and saddle bronc rider
- [Cord Meyer](/source/Cord_Meyer) (1920–2001), American CIA official
- [Cord Parks](/source/Cord_Parks) (born 1986), American professional football player
- [Cord Phelps](/source/Cord_Phelps) (born 1987), American professional baseball player
- [Cord Pool](/source/Cord_Pool), guitarist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
- [Cord Widderich](/source/Cord_Widderich) (died 1447), German pirate

## Arts, entertainment, and media

- [Cord (band)](/source/Cord_(band)), a British rock group
- [*Cord* (film)](/source/Cord_(film)), a 2000 film starring Daryl Hannah and Jennifer Tilly
- Cordero "Cord" Buchanon, a fictional character in *[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)*
- *[The Cord Weekly](/source/The_Cord_Weekly)*, a student newspaper at Wilfrid Laurier University

## Biology

- [Chronic obstructive respiratory disease](/source/Chronic_obstructive_respiratory_disease) or CORD, an alternate name for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- [Mycelial cord](/source/Mycelial_cord), a structure, used by fungi to transfer nutrients over larger distances
- [Spinal cord](/source/Spinal_cord)
- [Umbilical cord](/source/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](/source/Canadian_Organization_for_Rare_Disorders), a non-profit health organization
- [Christian Outreach for Relief & Development](/source/Christian_Outreach_for_Relief_%26_Development), a humanitarian organization, based in Leamington Spa, England
- [Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support](/source/Civil_Operations_and_Revolutionary_Development_Support), (CORDS) a pacification program of the U.S. in the Vietnam War
- [Coalition for Reforms and Democracy](/source/Coalition_for_Reforms_and_Democracy), a Kenyan political coalition
- [Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors](/source/Council_of_Emergency_Medicine_Residency_Directors), a scientific organization

## Computing

- An [electrical cable](/source/Electrical_cable)
- [Rope (data structure)](/source/Rope_(data_structure)) or cord, a data structure for strings

## Other uses

- [Cord (climbing)](/source/Cord_(climbing)) a type of rope used in climbing
- [Cord (sewing)](/source/Cord_(sewing)), a decorative trim made of multiple strands of yarn twisted together
- Cord, a short form for the textile type [corduroy](/source/Corduroy)
- [Cord Automobile](/source/Cord_Automobile), a former American car marque

## See also

- [Chord (disambiguation)](/source/Chord_(disambiguation))
- [Cordage (disambiguation)](/source/Cordage_(disambiguation))
- [CORDS (disambiguation)](/source/CORDS_(disambiguation))
- [Rope (disambiguation)](/source/Rope_(disambiguation))
- [String (disambiguation)](/source/String_(disambiguation))

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