A standardized Profile that specifies the application of certain POSIX base standards in support of a class of applications and does not require any departure from the structure defined by the POSIX.0 Reference Model for POSIX systems [POSIX.0].
Note: A decision on which POSIX base standards form the basis of the POSIX SPs is still open.

To send a message, electronically, to a computer or computer system from which it can be retrieved electronically on demand by multiple authorized entities and on multiple occasions.
Note: Said, e.g., of messages on an electronic bulletin board.

Synonym maximal-ratio combiner.

Synonym system follow-up.

Synonym system follow-up.

In broadband ISDN (B-ISDN), applications, the processing of audio and video information after contribution and prior to final use.

In communications, to structure rates or prices so that they are not distance sensitive, but depend on other factors, such as call duration, type of service, and time of day.

A message in a computerized messaging system, and which can be retrieved by multiple entities on multiple occasions. Synonym article.

Abbreviation for point of termination.

1. plain old telephone service,
2. plain old telephone set.