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POS or PoS may mean:

Point of sale. A POS device enables an efficient recording of the data that comprises a business transaction when the sale of goods or services to the customer occurs.
EFTPOS or POS Terminal is a device by which sales transactions can be directly debited to the customer's bank account
Procure On Site, relating to contact information or accessories
programmable option select, the predecessor to plug-and-play
Colloquially, "piece of shit" (considered vulgar)
Part of speech, the role that a word (or sometimes a phrase) plays in a sentence.
POS Plan Point of Service Plan, A type of Medical Insurance - patients choose their doctor and he/she will be their "point of service" - similar to an HMO, but is more flexible.
Parents Over Shoulder, signifying to people in chat rooms or instant message conversations that someone's parents are behind them and to watch what is said.
Packet over SONET/SDH, a communications protocol for transferring packets over fiber networks
P/OS, the Professional Operating System sold by Digital Equipment Corporation for their PRO-300, PRO-350, and PRO-380 PDP-11-compatible line of personal computers.
Post Office Sorting van, a type of rail vehicle used in a Travelling Post Office train
P.O.S., a hip-hop artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pain of Salvation, a Swedish progressive metal band.
POS is the IATA code for the Port of Spain Piarco International Airport.
TGV POS, a French high-speed train.