POS in normal talk means piece of shit. POS in business talk means point of sale.
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gigachad@feddit.de 7 months agoAs a non-native speaker, I assume POS != Peace of shit?
someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Often it means that but in this case it means “Point Of Sale”
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Point of Sale.
sananibar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Point of Service (?) aka the machine that handles the transaction
Gork@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Point of Sale.
But you’re correct in that most of these Point of Sale systems are also Pieces of Shit
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Can confirm.
Source: I make POS systems.