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[–] gigachad@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

As a non-native speaker, I assume POS != Peace of shit?

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Point of Sale.

But you're correct in that most of these Point of Sale systems are also Pieces of Shit.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

Can confirm.

Source: I make POS systems.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

POS in normal talk means piece of shit. POS in business talk means point of sale.

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[–] B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Often it means that but in this case it means "Point Of Sale"

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Point of Sale.

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[–] sananibar@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Point of Service (?) aka the machine that handles the transaction

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