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Post machine may refer to: Post tag machine, an abstract machine form of a tag system Post–Turing machine, a program formulation of a type of Turing machine
Post_machine
Abstract calculator
A Post machine or Post–Turing machine is a "program formulation" of a type of Turing machine, comprising a variant of Emil Post's Turing-equivalent model
Post–Turing_machine
Mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force
modern machine linkages, intensified during the Industrial Revolution, is inadequately described by these six simple categories. Various post-Renaissance
Simple_machine
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco
Wayback_Machine
Subset of artificial intelligence
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn
Machine_learning
American daily newspaper
the Wayback Machine, Washington Post (June 10, 2014). "'Washington Post' slammed for op-ed by antisemitic Houthi leader". The Jerusalem Post. November 10
The_Washington_Post
Postal service company in the United Kingdom
and Post Office network services". Gov.uk. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2013. Post Office Limited Archived 21 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Department
Royal_Mail
English indie rock band
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band formed in London in 2007 by lead vocalist Florence Welch
Florence_and_the_Machine
Casino gambling machine
machine, fruit machine (British English), puggie (Scots), poker machine or pokie machine (Australian and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that
Slot_machine
Material-removing manufacturing process
in the post–World War II era, such as electrical discharge machining, electrochemical machining, electron beam machining, photochemical machining, and ultrasonic
Machining
Machine which dispenses products to customers
dispensing postcards. The machine was invented by Percival Everitt in 1883 and soon became a widespread feature at railway stations and post offices, dispensing
Vending_machine
2026 Australian American film
21, 2024. Renner, Brian D. "Everything You Need to Know About War Machine Movie (Post-Production): Dec. 14, 2024 – added a synopsis". Movie Insider. Retrieved
War_Machine_(2026_film)
Translation process after machine-generation
Post-editing (or postediting) is the process whereby humans amend machine-generated translation to achieve an acceptable final product. A person who post-edits
Postediting
Computer control of machine tools
directives are transformed (by "post processor" software) into the specific commands necessary for a particular machine to produce the component and then
Computer_numerical_control
Type of hardened field fortification
The Ruck machine gun post or Ruck pillbox is a type of hardened field fortification built in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940–1941. It was designed
Ruck_machine_gun_post
American post-hardcore band
Of Machines was an American post-hardcore band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Formed in 2006, the band was originally known as We Are Kings. The
Of_Machines
Component of CNC software
A post processor, also known simply as a post, is a computer program which converts tool path data from CNC software into machine tool data, to be used
Post_processor
American rock band
Jefferson, Elana (August 27, 2008). "Review: Rage Against the Machine". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved July
Rage_Against_the_Machine
Subgenre and period of rock music
Post-punk (or postpunk) is a loosely defined music genre and period that emerged in the late 1970s in the wake of punk rock. The concept was originally
Post-punk
1960 film by George Pal
The Time Machine (also marketed as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 American period post-apocalyptic science fiction film based on the 1895 novella
The_Time_Machine_(1960_film)
Computation model defining an abstract machine
in Post (1947) Davis 2004, p. 119. Cf. Post (1947), Boolos & Jeffrey (1999), Davis, Sigal & Weyuker (1994). Also see more at Post–Turing machine. Davis
Turing_machine
Music genre
the term "post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Initially taking inspiration from post-punk and noise
Post-hardcore
Fully automatic firearm
A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire. Automatic firearms of 20 mm (0.79 in) caliber or more are
Machine_gun
a wall. The name Stamp Vending Machine only applies to the internal mechanism, the housing is described by the UK Post Office as a "case" and was supplied
Stamp vending machines in the United Kingdom
Stamp_vending_machines_in_the_United_Kingdom
Soviet light support weapon and variants
Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD machine gun. The RPK continues to be used by the military of the post-Soviet states and several African and Asian
RPK
Machine that washes clothes
washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, or washer) is a machine designed to launder clothing. The term is mostly applied to machines that use
Washing_machine
Computerized translation between natural languages
which is thought to usually deliver the best machine translation results as of 2022, typically still need post-editing by a human. Instead of training specialized
Machine_translation
2013 studio album by the Strokes
Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on March 26, 2013, through RCA Records. The band decided
Comedown_Machine
Rotor cipher machine
(NEue MAschine) ("new machine"), also designated the T-D (Tasten-Druecker-Maschine) ("key-stroke machine"), was a 10-wheel rotor machine designed by the Swiss
NEMA_(machine)
American singer and rapper (born 1995)
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His
Post_Malone
1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. Wells
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian, post-apocalyptic, science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller
The_Time_Machine
Type of political group
in the post–Cold War era under Prosecutor Bill Mason's "Good Old Boys" and especially communities in the Deep South, where small-town machine politics
Political_machine
Deterministic model of computation
Leon Post in 1943 as a simple form of a Post canonical system. A tag system may also be viewed as an abstract machine, called a Post tag machine (not
Tag_system
Mail and package delivery company
In 2006, InPost S.A. was founded as a subsidiary. In 2009, The Integer.pl Capital Group introduced InPost Lockers – self-service machines for receiving
InPost
Device used to perform financial transactions
March 2015. "Post Office Bank WebATM". Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Ali, Peter Ifeanyichukwu. "Impact of automated teller machine on banking
ATM
Machine gun
The MG 81 is a German belt fed 7.92×57mm Mauser machine gun which was used in flexible installations in World War II Luftwaffe aircraft, in which capacity
MG_81_machine_gun
American conservative newspaper
The New York Post (NY Post), founded as the New York Evening Post (originally New-York Evening Post), is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper
New_York_Post
Plurality voting system
First-Past-The-Post Electing (data from UK general election 2005) Archived 21 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
First-past-the-post_voting
Type of Turing machine
In computer science, a universal Turing machine (UTM) is a Turing machine capable of computing any computable sequence, as described by Alan Turing in
Universal_Turing_machine
2024 single by Machine Gun Kelly and Jelly Roll
Jelly Roll's tenth studio album, Beautifully Broken. On an Instagram post, Machine Gun Kelly wrote "We worked on 'Lonely Road' for 2 years, 8 different
Lonely Road (Machine Gun Kelly and Jelly Roll song)
Lonely_Road_(Machine_Gun_Kelly_and_Jelly_Roll_song)
Heavy machine gun
Nikitin-Sokolov-Volkov; Russian: Утёс, lit. 'Cliff'), is a Soviet heavy machine gun chambered in 12.7×108mm. It is named after the designers, G. I. Nikitin
NSV_machine_gun
Type of computer
programming language implementations, a stack machine is a computer processor or a process virtual machine in which the primary interaction is moving short-lived
Stack_machine
Tank-mounted medium machine gun
The Besa machine gun was a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun (called the TK vz. 37 in the Czechoslovak army).
Besa_machine_gun
Abstract model of computation
random-access machine (RAM or RA-machine) is a model of computation that describes an abstract machine in the general class of register machines. The RA-machine is
Random-access_machine
American wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1968)
documentary titled The Smashing Machine, which detailed his MMA career fighting in Vale Tudo, the UFC and PRIDE. The Smashing Machine also focused on Kerr's struggle
Mark_Kerr_(fighter)
Soviet light machine gun
The Degtyaryov machine gun (Russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёва Пехотный (ПДП), romanized: Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny (PDP), lit. 'Degtyarev Infantry Machinegun'
Degtyaryov_machine_gun
Genre of fiction
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are subgenres of science fiction in which the Earth's (or another place's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction
Mathematical model describing how an output of a function is computed given an input
Finite-state machines Post machines (Post–Turing machines and tag machines). Pushdown automata Register machines Random-access machines Turing machines Decision
Model_of_computation
Russian general-purpose machine gun
is a Russian 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun, developed as a further modification of the PKM machine gun. The Pecheneg designation refers to the
PKP_Pecheneg
Weapon
The Boirault machine (French: Appareil Boirault), was an early French experimental landship, designed in 1914 and built in early 1915. It has been considered
Boirault_machine
School of economic thought
Presentation of post Keynesian economics Marc Lavoie Archived 30 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine Samuelson and the Keynes/Post Keynesian Revolution:by
Post-Keynesian_economics
United States automatic rifle family
War Department as either a rifle or a machine gun. The U.S. Army, in practice, used the BAR as a light machine gun, often fired from a bipod (introduced
M1918 Browning automatic rifle
M1918_Browning_automatic_rifle
German cipher machine during World War II
The Enigma machine is a cipher device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic, and military communication
Enigma_machine
Russian general-purpose machine gun and its variants
romanized: Pulemyot Kalashnikova, lit. 'Kalashnikov's machine gun'), is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge
PK_machine_gun
Type of arcade game
A claw machine is a type of arcade game. Modern claw machines are upright cabinets with glass boxes that are lit from the inside and have a joystick-controlled
Claw_machine
American businesswoman (1887–1973)
Merriweather Post (March 15, 1887 – September 12, 1973) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. She was the daughter of C. W. Post and the
Marjorie_Merriweather_Post
Multilingual neural machine translation service
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language
Google_Translate
British–American rock band
one of the boys in the band". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. @Bowiesongs (2 August 2021). "30 years ago: Tin Machine begins its promo cycle for "TM II" with
Tin_Machine
Weight training machine
vertical post (runner) is a series of slots on which the barbell can be hooked. This means that unlike an ordinary barbell, the Smith machine need not
Smith_machine
Mathematical model of abstract computation
2-state 5-symbol Turing machine, and conjectured that a particular 2-state 3-symbol Turing machine (hereinafter (2,3) Turing machine) might be universal as
Wolfram's 2-state 3-symbol Turing machine
Wolfram's_2-state_3-symbol_Turing_machine
Ongoing UK legal and political scandal
The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office's pursuit of thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent
British_Post_Office_scandal
U.S. Military adopted variant of the FN MAG
the Medium Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber
M240_machine_gun
A multitrack Turing machine is a specific type of multi-tape Turing machine. In a standard n-tape Turing machine, n heads move independently along n tracks
Multi-track_Turing_machine
Abstract computational machine model
Turing machine i.e. the von Neumann architecture. Turing machine—generic tape-based abstract machine computational model Post–Turing machine—minimalist
Pointer_machine
2008 Japanese action gore film
The Machine Girl (Japanese: 片腕マシンガール, Hepburn: Kataude Mashin Gāru; lit. "One-Armed Machine Girl") is a 2008 Japanese-language horror action comedy film
The_Machine_Girl
Algorithm for modelling sequential data
Translate was revamped to Google Neural Machine Translation, which replaced the previous model based on statistical machine translation. The new model was a
Transformer_(deep_learning)
instructions of the Post–Turing machine. In the same paper, Wang introduced a variety of equivalent machines, including what he called the W-machine, which is the
Wang_B-machine
Machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically
A robot is a machine, especially one programmable via a computer, capable of automatically carrying out a complex series of actions. A robot can be guided
Robot
Hypothetical computing devices
about this, Post's 1947 model did not require sequential instruction execution. His extremely simple model can emulate any Turing machine, and although
Turing_machine_equivalents
Period of early 20th century history of rapid technological advancement
The Machine Age is an era that includes the early-to-mid 20th century, sometimes also including the late 19th century. An approximate dating would be
Machine_Age
"Fausto Celorio, the entrepreneur who created the tortilla machine". Mexico Daily Post. May 28, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2023. Sunner, Yeicko (February
Tortilla_machine
Political party in the United States
The Cameron machine, later known as the Quay machine and Penrose machine, was a Republican political machine in Pennsylvania that controlled much of the
Cameron_machine
General-purpose machine gun
67 is a general-purpose machine gun, chambered in 7.62×54mmR formerly used by the People's Liberation Army. The Type 67 machine gun was developed as a
Type_67_machine_gun
2018 EP by Mike Shinoda
Post Traumatic is the first EP by Mike Shinoda; vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist of American rock band Linkin Park. The EP, Shinoda's first solo release
Post_Traumatic_(EP)
Type of abstract computing machine
a register machine is a generic class of abstract machines, analogous to a Turing machine and thus Turing complete. Unlike a Turing machine that uses a
Register_machine
Independent agency of the U.S. federal government
The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive
United_States_Postal_Service
American businessman (1854–1914)
interval Post invented and patented several farm implements, including a plow, a harrow, and a hay-stacking machine. In November 1874, Post married Ella
C._W._Post
Music genre
doing? Joe: "Post-punk-post-new-wave-post-disco ..." Roli: "post-country -post-rapping - post-post- post-Beatles." Lucho: "Post-Elvis-post
Post-disco
Heavy machine gun
The Kord-12.7 mm heavy machine gun is a Russian design that entered service in 1998 replacing the older NSV machine gun. Externally the weapon resembles
Kord_machine_gun
Fictional species created by H. G. Wells
one of the two fictional species of post-humans, along with the Morlocks, in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine. By the year AD 802,701, humanity
Eloi
Programmable machine that processes data
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital
Computer
American electronic music group
animation by Ellie Thatcher. On November 15, 2020, Machine Girl posted a video titled "GLOBAL FANDEMIC [MACHINE GIRL SET @ A2B2 NIGHT OF FIRE]", a live performance
Machine_Girl
Hypothetical computational model
Zeno machines (abbreviated ZM, and also called accelerated Turing machine, ATM) are a hypothetical computational model related to Turing machines that
Zeno_machine
Fictional time machine
The Wayback Machine or WABAC Machine is a fictional time machine and plot device from the 1960s American cartoon television series The Adventures of Rocky
Wayback Machine (Peabody's Improbable History)
Wayback_Machine_(Peabody's_Improbable_History)
Cryptography secured against quantum computers
Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), sometimes referred to as quantum-proof, quantum-safe, or quantum-resistant, is the development of cryptographic algorithms
Post-quantum_cryptography
Vending machine that sells cigarettes
A cigarette machine is a vending machine that dispenses packs of cigarettes in exchange for payment. Many modern cigarette machines require customers
Cigarette_machine
Gorillaz web series
video. On 29 January 2020, the first "Machine Bitez" was posted on YouTube and music streaming services. Song Machine's first episode, "Momentary Bliss" officially
Song_Machine
Danish light machine gun
The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen
Madsen_machine_gun
Vending machine in Seattle, Washington, US
inspiration from the mystery of the machine. In 2014, images posted online showed unidentified individuals restocking the machine. The same year, the cost for
Capitol Hill mystery soda machine
Capitol_Hill_mystery_soda_machine
Virtual machine for interactive fiction games
The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled
Z-machine
Type of automatic firearm
automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-"). As a machine gun must fire rifle cartridges to be classified as
Submachine_gun
American mathematician and logician (1897 – 1954)
sometimes called "Post's machine" or a Post–Turing machine, but is not to be confused with Post's tag machines or other special kinds of Post canonical system
Emil_Leon_Post
Light machine gun
The Bren gun (Brno-Enfield) was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by the United Kingdom in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While
Bren_light_machine_gun
American instrumental rock band
Krautrock and post-punk." On November 7, 2009, drummer Fuchs died in an elevator shaft accident. The last of Fuchs' studio work with Turing Machine was included
Turing_Machine_(band)
Genre of electronic dance music
drumbeats in house music are almost always provided by an electronic drum machine, often a Roland TR-808, TR-909, or a TR-707. Claps, shakers, snare drum
House_music
Hypothetical computing device
A multi-tape Turing machine is a variant of the Turing machine that uses several tapes. Each tape has its own head for reading and writing. Initially,
Multitape_Turing_machine
American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
Character Was Shaped" Archived September 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The Washington Post (October 5, 2008) Hubbell, P.O.W., p. 364 Apple Jr., R. W. "Adm
John_McCain
context-sensitive grammar Recursively enumerable language Register machine Stack machine Petri net Post machine Rewriting Markov algorithm Term rewriting String rewriting
List of computability and complexity topics
List_of_computability_and_complexity_topics
Artistic and philosophical movement
Post-postmodernism is a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture which are emerging
Post-postmodernism
English-language Israeli newspaper
Jlem Post change of editors Archived 8 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz, 5 Sep. 2004 "CanWest loses battle for 50% of 'Jerusalem Post'". The
The_Jerusalem_Post
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a short form of Philpott.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a depression in the ground, from Middle English pot ‘drinking or storage vessel’ used in this transferred sense, or a habitational name from one of the minor places deriving their name from this word, in the sense ‘pit’, ‘hole’.English and North German (Lower Rhine-Westphalia) : metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English, Middle Low German pot ‘pot’. See also Potter.North German : topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot, from Low German dialect pÅt ‘puddle’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).German : topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus) : unexplained.
Female
English
 English name derived from the flower name which originally meant "a line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," but later acquired the POSY means "bouquet, flower." Pet form of English Josephine, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)."Â
Male
Swiss
, sportive.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle English, Old French (h)oste ‘host’, ‘guest’.Danish (Høst) : nickname from høst ‘harvest’, ‘autumn’ (see Herbst).French : from Old French ost ‘army’, hence an occupational name for a soldier.Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Austa, meaning ‘east’.German : habitational name from either of two places called Host, near Koblenz and near Bitburg.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Friend
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Month in Hindu Calender
Boy/Male
Indian
Pillar, Post, Support
Boy/Male
Hindu
Month in Hindu calendar
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English
Small Flower
Male
Dutch
, just.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pillar, Post, Support
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Surname or Lastname
English (now most common in northern Ireland)
English (now most common in northern Ireland) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, most likely somewhere in Lancashire or Yorkshire.
Boy/Male
Indian
Friend
Boy/Male
Hebrew Spanish
May Jehovah add/give increase.
Boy/Male
Indian
Pillar, Post, Support
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, German, Hebrew, Latin, Swedish
May Jehovah Give Increase; Experienced in Battle
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Friend; Sweetheart
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Friend of the Prophet Muhammad
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant of Fenton.John Vinton was a resident of Lynn, MA, as early as 1648. He had numerous prominent descendants, including Samuel Finley Vinton, who was born in South Hadley, MA, in 1792, and became on OH congressman.
Girl/Female
Swedish American Russian Greek
Wise.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Religious women, Courteous, Polite
Boy/Male
English
Right-hand son.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Jewel
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nishikant | நிஷீகாஂத
Husband of night Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu
Belonging to a good clan, Good birth
Girl/Female
Indian
Narrator of Hadith, Daughter
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
A Pretty Girl
Boy/Male
Arabic American
Companion.
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
POST MACHINE
v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
n.
One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.
n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
v. t.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.
n.
See under 4th Post.
n.
A post-temporal bone.
v. t.
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
v. t.
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
n.
A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
a.
After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
v. t.
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
v. t.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
v. t.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
imp. & p. p.
of Cost
n.
Same as King-post.
n.
The European whiting pout or bib.
n.
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.