"POST" meaning in English

See POST in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /poʊst/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-post.ogg [US] Forms: POSTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} POST (plural POSTs)
  1. (computing) Acronym of power-on self-test. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: power-on self-test Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-POST-en-noun-xlEAY8h1 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /poʊst/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-post.ogg [US] Forms: POSTs [present, singular, third-person], POSTing [participle, present], POSTed [participle, past], POSTed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} POST (third-person singular simple present POSTs, present participle POSTing, simple past and past participle POSTed)
  1. (computing) To successfully perform a power-on self-test. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-POST-en-verb-~8jz9XOb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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