POS

Synchronous digital hierachies have existed within telcos for years. Now that the demand for high speed datacoms circuits is increasing, the telecoms industry is looking for a way to make the most efficient use of existing technology to deliver broadband services.

Originally, BISDN services such as ATM networks were used for this purpose. The consensus, especially within the US telecoms industry is that the cost-benefit of ATM overhead is not worth it. Then Cisco started to produce network gear that sent raw IP (Internet Protocol) traffic, directly over SONET without bothering about ATM framing. Now many vendors are producing PoS capable gear, and is proving to be a Big Thing.

PoS is really just a high tech version of the same PPP protocol employed by dial-up internet connections.

1. Packet Over Sonet.
2. Parent Over Shoulder.
3. Part of Speech.
4. Peacetime Operating Stock(s).
5. Peacetime Operational State.
6. Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society.
7. Period of Service.
8. Persistant Object Server.
9. Persistant Objective Service.
10. Photoreceptor Outer Segment.
11. Pictures on Site.
12. Piece of Stuff.
13. Piece of Shit.
14. Pivoting Optical Servo.
15. Place of Service.
16. Plan of Study.
17. Point of Sale(s).
18. Point of Service.
19. Port of Seattle.
20. Port of Spain.
21. Portable Oxygen System.
22. Ports of Support.
23. Position.
24. Positive.
25. Positively Outrageous Service.
26. Preliminary Official Statement.
27. Primary Operating System.
28. Priority of Support.
29. Probability of Success.
30. Product of Sums.
31. Product Oriented Survey.
32. Professional Operating System.
33. Program of Study.
34. Programmable Option Select.
35. Public Offering of Securities.
36. Public Opinion Service.
37. Purchase of Service(s).

Also, Point of Sale as in point of sale devices such as:

• Cash Registers
• Barcode Readers
• Little Old Ladies With Too Many Coupons

Players in the POS market are, Digi International, NCR, IBM, and Depends.

Just another of those phrases that people who IM on cell phones use, almost always teeny-bopper valley girls use, at least those who have wireless messaging.

Plus, it's in some Cingular advertising.