POST

POST

1. Power On Self Test. A set of tests performed by a computer's BIOS straight after power up.

2. The act of sending a message to a newsgroup, where others can view and respond to it. The term Post can also be used to refer to that message posted to a newsgroup.

3. To send a message. This usage originates from traditional postal services (snail-mail), but applied to applications, processes and threads. A message can be said to be posted to another process (thread or application).