POS
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POS or PoS may mean:
- Part of speech, the role that a word (or sometimes a phrase) plays in a sentence.
- Point of sale. A POS device enables an efficient recording of the data that comprises a business transaction when the sale of goods or services to the customer occurs.
- Procure On Site, relating to contact information or accessories
- P/OS, the Professional Operating System sold by Digital Equipment Corporation for their PRO-300, PRO-350, and PRO-380 PDP-11-compatible line of personal computers.
- EFTPOS or POS Terminal is a device by which sales transactions can be directly debited to the customer's bank account
- programmable option select, the predecessor to plug-and-play
- Packet over SONET/SDH, a communications protocol for transferring packets over fiber networks
- Product of Sums: see maxterms.
- Plasma Opening Switch, a type of electric switch using plasma technologies.
- POS Plan Point of Service Plan, A type of Medical Insurance - patients choose their doctor and he/she will be their "point of service" -similar to an HMO, but is more flexible.
- Post Office Sorting van, a type of rail vehicle used in a Travelling Post Office train
- POS is the IATA code for the Port of Spain Piarco International Airport.
- TGV POS, a French high-speed train.
- Other
- Short for "position", the position an athlete plays in sports
- POS is an internet acronym for "Parents Over Shoulder", signifying to people in chat rooms or instant message conversations that someone's parents are behind them and to watch what is said.
- P.O.S., a hip-hop artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Colloquially, "piece of shit" (considered vulgar)
- Pain of Salvation, a Swedish progressive metal band.
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