text (pod, occasionally "POD") A simple
markup language used to embed
documentation,
literate programming-style, in
Perl programs. Pod readers and converters are part of the standard Perl distribution and the documentation provided with Perl is all in pod format.
The Pod Specification (https://perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlpod.html).
(1998-12-18)