Pocket (disambiguation)

A pocket is a small bag.

Pocket may also refer to:

In military:

• Pocket battleship, WWII German cruiser class
• Pocket nuke, a slang term for a very small nuclear weapon which could cause considerable damage in densely populated areas
• Salients, re-entrants and pockets, battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory
  • Breskens Pocket, a pocket of fortified German resistance against the Canadian First Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during the Second World War
  • Courland Pocket, a pocket of fortified German resistance against against the Red Army on the Eastern Front
  • Demyansk Pocket, a name for the encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Demyansk (Demjansk) during the Second World War in 1942
  • Falaise pocket, area between the four towns of Trun, Argentan, Vimoutiers and Chambois near Falaise in France during August 1944
  • Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, battle
  • Operation Medak Pocket, military operation undertaken by the Croatian Army
  • Ruhr Pocket, battle that took place at the end of World War II in the Ruhr Area of Germany

In cuisine:

• Hot Pockets and Pizza Pockets, microwaveable meal of cheese and meat wrapped up in a flaky crust
• Pita Pocket, round, wheat flatbread made with yeast and sliced into a pocket
• Pocket, a kind of sandwich popular in Chicago.

In technology:

• Pocket Internet Explorer, Internet browser for Pocket PC and Handheld PC that comes loaded by default with Windows Mobile
• Pocket Change (software), a wireless currency conversion program for Palm OS developed by JSJ Software
• Pocket computer, a small calculator-sized 1980s era computer programmable in BASIC
• Pocket Paint, a scaled down version Microsoft Paint, designed to run on handheld devices under the Windows CE operating system for Handheld PC and Palm-size PC
• Pocket PC, handheld-sized computer that runs a specific version of the Windows CE operating system
• Pocket Shortcuts, an application for Palm OS developed by JSJ Software which frees internal memory on Palm Powered devices by moving selected applications and their files to a form of external memory, accessible from a shortcut left in internal memory
• Pocket Smalltalk, a Smalltalk environment that runs in Microsoft Windows and cross-compiles on the Palm Pilot platform
• Pocket Tunes, shareware software for Palm OS 5 used for playing music or other sound files.
• Pocket watch, strapless personal timepiece that is carried in a pocket

In gaming:

• Bemani Pocket, a short-lived series of game consoles from Konami
• Neo Geo Pocket Color, 16-bit color hand held game console designed by SNK
• Pelican VG Pocket, a early held game console
• Pocket Cube, 2×2×2 equivalent of a Rubik's cube
• Pocket Empires, a small empire consisting of a handful of star systems in the game Traveller
• Pocket Humanity, a turn-based strategy computer game for Pocket PCs.
• Pocket Kingdom: 0wn the W0rld, a mobile Massively Multiplayer Online Game for the Nokia N-Gage, released by Sega in late 2004
• Pocket UFO, a freeware remake of UFO: Enemy Unknown

In arts and literature:

• City Lights Pocket Poets Series, a series of poetry collections published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books
• Pockets (album), an album by Karate (band)* Pocket Books, division of Simon & Schuster which primarily publishes paperback books
• Pocket Money, 1972 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg from a screenplay written by Terrence Malick
• The Pocket Orchestra, a 2006 play written by Graeme Garden
• Pocket Symphonies, an Austin indie rock band formed in 2000.
• Pocket Ref, an pocket sized reference book containing various tables, maps, formulas, constants and conversions
• Pocket Venus, Indie rock band from Colwyn Bay (1998-2002)

In sports:

• Back pocket, an Australian rules football term that refers to a position on the field deep in defense
• Forward pocket, an Australian rules football term thAT refers to a position on the field deep in offense
• One-pocket, a variation of billiards
• Pocket (billiards), holes with pockets on the sides of billiard tables
• Pocket billiards, a sub-classification of the broader category of games known as Billiards
• Pocket schedule, a small foldable schedule containing a full season match schedule for a sports club

In geography:

• Pocket-Greenhaven, Sacramento, California
• Pocket beach, usually a small beach, between two headlands
• Pocket park, a small area accessible to the general public that is often of primarily environmental, rather than recreational, importance.

In other fields:

• Deep pocket, American slang for extensive financial wealth or resources
• Out-of-pocket expenses, direct outlays of cash which are not reimbursed
• Pocket ¢hange, a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right
• Pocket Dragons, collectible figurines depicting friendly dragons in various situations
• Pocket gopher, burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae
• Pocket knife, folding knife with a blade that fits inside the handle and that is small enough to fit in a pocket
• Pocket lint, the name commonly used to describe lint found in the bottom of pockets
• Pocket protector, a sheath designed to hold writing instruments and other small implements while preventing them from damaging the wearer's shirt (e.g., by tearing or staining by a leaky pen)
• Pocket pet, refers to any small mammal kept as a pet
• Pocket veto, legislative maneuver in American federal lawmaking