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[[Image:05ipod_fam.jpg|350px|thumb|right|The fifth-generation iPods from [[Apple Computer]].]]

'''iPod''' is a brand of portable digital audio player designed and [[marketing|marketed]] by [[Apple Computer]]. ([[Hewlett-Packard]] previously marketed the product under the name ''Apple iPod + HP'', but announced on [[July 29]] [[20052006]] they would stop reselling it in [[September 2005]], when existing [[Inventory|stock]] was projected to be depleted). Devices in the iPod family offer a simple [[user interface]] designed around a central scroll wheel. Most iPod models store media on a built-in [[hard drive]], while the smaller [[iPod shuffle]] and [[iPod nano]] use [[flash memory]]. Like most digital audio players, an iPod can serve as an external [[USB mass storage device class|data storage device]] when connected to a [[computer]].

The software that uploads music and photos to the iPod is [[iTunes]]. iTunes is a music 'jukebox' application that keeps records of what music is where on the hard disk, as well as playing and [[ripping]] it. The later versions of iTunes as well as the iPod have video playing and organization capabilities. Other data can be added to the iPod as if it were any other data storage device connected to the computer.