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Post-open-source software (POSS) is a term used in discussions of source code published without an explicit software license. The expression gained attention
Post_open_source
Software with publicly available source code
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software whose source code is publicly available, allowing users to use, study, modify, and distribute it — in contrast
Open-source_software
Freely licensed software with open code
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a license that gives users the right to use, share, modify, and distribute the software
Free_and_open-source_software
Publishing digital resources with their source files
Open source is the practice of publishing digital resources publicly alongside their source code or source files, enabling use, study, modification, and
Open_source
Film released under a permissive license
Open-source films (also known as open-content films and free-content films) are films which are produced and distributed by using free and open-source
Open-source_film
Policy document by the Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Definition (OSD) is a policy document published by the Open Source Initiative in 1998. Derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines
The_Open_Source_Definition
Ecology organisation
Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a network of farmers, engineers, architects and supporters, whose main goal is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village
Open_Source_Ecology
Concept of open-source software applied to AI
Open-source artificial intelligence, as defined by the Open Source Initiative, is an AI system that is freely available to use, study, modify, and share
Open-source artificial intelligence
Open-source_artificial_intelligence
Relationship between the technology company and the open source software paradigm
Microsoft, a tech company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm, turned to embrace the approach in the 2010s. From
Microsoft_and_open_source
This is a list of notable open-source video games. Open-source video games are assembled from and are themselves open-source software, including public
List of open-source video games
List_of_open-source_video_games
Non-profit organization promoting open-source software
Open Source Initiative (OSI) is an American nonprofit organization that maintains The Open Source Definition (OSD), the predominant standard for open-source
Open_Source_Initiative
US Government organisation
The Open Source Enterprise (OSE) is a United States Government organization dedicated to open-source intelligence. Initially part of the Office of the
Open_Source_Enterprise
a list of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that
List of free and open-source software packages
List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages
American blogger, product consultant and speaker (born 1981)
ProductHunt.com. He is a technology evangelist who is an advocate for open source, open standards, microformats, and OAuth. Messina is also known for his
Chris_Messina_(inventor)
Business models that can be compatible with open source software projects
of open-source software (OSS) employ a variety of business models to solve the challenge of making profits from software that is under an open-source license
Business models for open-source software
Business_models_for_open-source_software
Video game whose source code is open-source software
An open-source video game, or simply an open-source game, is a video game whose source code is open-source. They are often freely distributable and sometimes
Open-source_video_game
Non-profit organisation
Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) is a non-profit organization that advocates for open-source hardware. It aims to act as a hub of open source
Open Source Hardware Association
Open_Source_Hardware_Association
Type of journalism
Open-source journalism, a close cousin to citizen journalism or participatory journalism, is a term coined in the title of a 1999 article by Andrew Leonard
Open-source_journalism
copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities. Discontinued: CodePlex, Gna!, Google Code. The following are open-source software hosting facilities
Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities
Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities
Appropriate technology from the open-design movement
Open-source appropriate technology (OSAT) is appropriate technology developed through the principles of the open-design movement. Appropriate technology
Open-source appropriate technology
Open-source_appropriate_technology
An open-source voting system (OSVS), also known as open-source voting (or OSV), is a voting system that uses open-source software (and/or hardware) that
Open-source_voting_system
Ventilator of freely-licensed design
An open source ventilator is a disaster-situation ventilator made using a freely licensed (open-source) design, and ideally, freely available components
Open-source_ventilator
Monetary reward for completing a project task
An open-source bounty is a monetary reward for completing a task in an open-source software project. Bounties are usually offered as an incentive for
Open-source_bounty
Convention organized by the Linux Foundation
Open Source Summit (formerly LinuxCon) is a name for a series of annual conventions organized each year since 2009 by the Linux Foundation. The first
Open_Source_Summit
The history of free and open-source software begins at the advent of computer software in the early half of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s,
History of free and open-source software
History_of_free_and_open-source_software
Translator of computer source code
A source-to-source translator, source-to-source compiler (S2S compiler), transcompiler, or transpiler is a type of translator that takes the source code
Source-to-source_compiler
Nonprofit organisation for mapping
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation
These tables compare free software / open-source operating systems. Where not all of the versions support a feature, the first version which supports
Comparison of open-source operating systems
Comparison_of_open-source_operating_systems
Openly accessible data
open license. The goals of the open data movement are similar to those of other "open(-source)" movements such as open-source software, open-source hardware
Open_data
Social movement
Movement of India International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa Free Software Foundation
Free_software_movement
Open-source autonomous AI assistant software
OpenClaw is a free and open-source autonomous artificial intelligence agent that can execute tasks via large language models (LLMs), using messaging platforms
OpenClaw
popular free/open-source software. For a narrative explaining the overall development, see the related history of free and open-source software. The
Timeline of free and open-source software
Timeline_of_free_and_open-source_software
Component of CNC software
machine. Post processors can be either open- or closed-source software; closed-source posts are usually created by CAM vendors, while open-source ones are
Post_processor
Online textbook under an open license
offset by the easy access to material provided by open source textbooks. While certain open source textbooks can be used for free, others have a nominal
Open_textbook
Geospatial extension for the PostgreSQL Database
PostGIS (/ˈpoʊstdʒɪs/ POST-jis) is an open source software program that adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database
PostGIS
Family of large language models by Alibaba
Cloud. Many Qwen models are distributed under the free and open-source Apache License, the source-available Qwen License, or the non-commercial Qwen Research
Qwen
Topics referred to by the same term
hybrid compound with inorganic cubic core and outer organic groups. Post Open Source software Barry Poss, co-founder of bluegrass label Sugar Hill Records
Poss
There are Unicode typefaces which are open-source and designed to contain glyphs of all Unicode characters, or at least a broad selection of Unicode scripts
Open-source_Unicode_typefaces
Open Source Day is an international conference gathering fans of open solutions from Central and Eastern Europe. Mission of the event is to introduce
Open_Source_Day
Open-source software package for numerical processes
OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation And Manipulation) is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities
OpenFOAM
Standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone
assessment Open format Open-source software Free standard Network effect Open data Open-design movement Open-source hardware Open specifications Open system
Open_standard
Energy system models that are open source
Open energy-system models are energy-system models that are open source. Some may use third-party proprietary software as part of their workflows. These
Open_energy_system_models
Open-source hardware community
redirect to a post on the FOSSi Foundation website seven years later in favor of a simple web search, reasoning that "free and open source silicon is no
OpenCores
The GIS software industry encompasses a broad range of commercial and open-source products that provide some or all of these capabilities within various
Geographic information system software
Geographic_information_system_software
Computer programmer
It hosts a number of open source software projects; major projects maintained include both pbmplus and thttpd, an open source web server. Jef Poskanzer
Jef_Poskanzer
American daily newspaper
The Washington Post Glenn Greenwald (September 18, 2016). "WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting
The_Washington_Post
Self-replicating 3D printer initiative
purposes such as milling and fluid handling. Free and open-source 3-D modeling programs like Blender, OpenSCAD, and FreeCAD are preferred in the RepRap community
RepRap
developed as proprietary closed source software products, with the source code treated as a trade secret (unlike open-source video games). When there is no
List of commercial video games with later released source code
List_of_commercial_video_games_with_later_released_source_code
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
American artificial intelligence company
"DeepSeek spurs Baidu, other AI competitors to adopt open-source strategy". South China Morning Post. February 2025. Archived from the original on February
OpenAI
Software in the public domain
model visible again, also criticizing the FOSS license ecosystem ("Post Open Source") as stabilizing part of the copyright system. New non-FOSS licenses
Public-domain_software
Major river in northeast Africa
330 ft). The source is defined as the starting point of the longest year-round watercourse in the Nile's drainage basin. From this source, the river runs
Nile
The Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB) was an independent and open-sourced vulnerability database. The goal of the project was to provide accurate
Open Source Vulnerability Database
Open_Source_Vulnerability_Database
USB drive software
Rufus (The Reliable USB Formatting Utility, with Source) is a free and open-source portable application for Microsoft Windows that can be used to format
Rufus_(software)
Software that controls computer-graphics hardware
A free and open-source graphics device driver is a software stack which controls computer-graphics hardware and supports graphics-rendering application
Free and open-source graphics device driver
Free_and_open-source_graphics_device_driver
Controversial book on open-source software
Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code is a 2004 report by Kenneth Brown. The report suggests that the Linux kernel may
Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code
Samizdat:_And_Other_Issues_Regarding_the_'Source'_of_Open_Source_Code
Practice of sharing knowledge publicly and reusably
knowledge in an open manner. The concept is related to open source and the Open Definition, whose first versions bore the title "Open Knowledge Definition"
Open_knowledge
Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems
OpenSolaris open-source project. Sun aimed to build a developer and user community with OpenSolaris; after the Oracle acquisition in 2010, the OpenSolaris
Oracle_Solaris
Open-source 3D modelling software
engineering (CAE), etc. It is developed and supported by Open Cascade SAS company. It is free and open-source software released under the GNU Lesser General Public
Open_Cascade_Technology
Open-source search engine for open content
Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project.[non-primary source needed] It searches Creative
Openverse
Open source operating system from Sun Microsystems based on Solaris
OpenSolaris (/ˌoʊpən səˈlɑːrɪs/) is a discontinued open-source computer operating system for SPARC and x86 based systems, created by Sun Microsystems and
OpenSolaris
Software to be used without restrictions
the license usage of "open source", when the small number projects licensed on GitHub were noticed, identifying a "Post Open Source movement against the
License-free_software
Robot interface specification and software system
hard to obtain, Player is one of the most popular open-source robot interfaces in research and post-secondary education. The Player Project is an umbrella
Player_Project
provides a generic platform for pre- and post-processing for numerical simulation. Open Cascade uses its open-source software for the development of commercial
Open_Cascade
Content shareability criterion
meaning of ‘open’ with respect to knowledge". Although it draws philosophically from both the open-source and free software movements, the Open Definition
The_Open_Definition
2003 report by The MITRE Corporation
Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense is a 2003 report by The MITRE Corporation that documented widespread use
Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense
Use_of_Free_and_Open-Source_Software_(FOSS)_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense
Golf tournament
Playoff Source: Gundelfinger, Phil (June 14, 1962). "Nation's top golfers attack soggy Oakmont fairways". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 32. "U.S. Open history:1962"
1962_U.S._Open_(golf)
Type of website edited collaboratively
software, such as bug tracking systems. Some wiki engines are free and open-source, whereas others are proprietary. Some permit control over different functions
Wiki
Subgenre and period of rock music
that post-punk be conceived as "less a genre of music than a space of possibility", suggesting that "what unites all this activity is a set of open-ended
Post-punk
Large language model and AI chatbot by Z.ai
2026). "China's Zhipu AI open-sources flagship model, raises prices to narrow gap with US rivals". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original
GLM_(AI)
History of the source control web service
Blog. GitHub. Nadia Eghbal (January 28, 2016). "We're in a brave, new post open source world". Medium. Retrieved March 1, 2017. In 2011, there were 2 million
Timeline_of_GitHub
Open culture movement
Open education is an international learning standards and education policy open standards movement based on open source openness. It was created inspired
Open_education
Operating system for mobile devices
based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other free and open-source software. First released in 2008, Android is the world's most widely
Android_(operating_system)
2017 film by Steven Spielberg
respect the injunction. Post assistant editor Ben Bagdikian tracks down Ellsberg, a former colleague at RAND, as the source. Ellsberg gives him the full
The_Post_(film)
US progressive news website
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017, itself often abbreviated as HuffPo), a division of Buzzfeed, is a United States progressive news website, with
HuffPost
1987 open-source strategy video game
Xconq is an open-source computer strategy game. This multiplayer video game was first posted to comp.sources.games on 9 July 1987. Xconq is released as
Xconq
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
Golf tournament
straight U.S. Open title. Source: Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: White, Gordon (June 13, 1989). "Open course changed
1989_U.S._Open_(golf)
Open learning resource
availability of source files, the editable formats from which final resources are derived, leading by extension to the proposed notion of "Open Source Educational
Open_educational_resources
Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulation software
Dolphin is a free and open-source video game console emulator of the GameCube, Wii and Triforce arcade system that runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and
Dolphin_(emulator)
Hard-court tennis tournament
South Korea – JTBC Source Sources: US Open, City University of New York (CUNY) List of US Open men's singles champions List of US Open women's singles champions
US_Open_(tennis)
Golf tournament
playoff gate receipts. Source: MacDonald, Jim (June 17, 1965). "Open could become putt, putt, putt, putt". Toledo Blade. p. 40. "U.S. Open history: 1965". USGA
1965_U.S._Open_(golf)
Golf tournament
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17. "1983 U.S. Open". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 14, 2013. "Miller may be forced to sideline by surgery". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1983_U.S._Open_(golf)
Video game engine
free-to-play, Source SDK was effectively made open to all Steam users. When some Source games were updated to Source 2013, the older Source SDKs were phased
Source_(game_engine)
Golf tournament
June 14, 1986 Source: Sunday, June 15, 1986 Source: Amateur: Randolph (+11). Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: "U.S. Open: the record
1986_U.S._Open_(golf)
Study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism
other post-colonial nations; though, uniquely, Ireland had been independent, then become part of the U.K., then mostly independent again.[better source needed]
Postcolonialism
Golf tournament
(+15). Saturday, 20 July 1991 Source: Sunday, 21 July 1991 Source: Amateurs: Payne (+4), Mickelson (+8) "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 41
1991_Open_Championship
Ongoing UK legal and political scandal
concluded in December 2024. The Metropolitan Police opened an investigation into personnel from the Post Office and Fujitsu. Courts began to quash the subpostmasters'
British_Post_Office_scandal
Golf tournament
tournament scores, relative to par Source: Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1997). "No one Els standing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1. Sirak, Ron (June 16
1997_U.S._Open_(golf)
2008 video game
takes place in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested setting. It is operated by Creaky Corpse Ltd. Dead Frontier was released for open beta on April 21
Dead_Frontier
Open-source software foundation
OpenAtom Foundation (Chinese: 开放原子开源基金会), is the first foundation for open-source software in China. It was established in June 2020 with the support
OpenAtom_Foundation
Soccer knockout tournament in the U.S.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the
U.S._Open_Cup
Office suite software
OpenOffice.org is an open-source office productivity software suite. It originated from the proprietary StarOffice, developed by Star Division, which was
OpenOffice.org
Cybersecurity regulation in the European Union
The revised bill includes an exception for open-source software. This was welcomed by many open source organizations, though Debian criticized its effect
Cyber_Resilience_Act
Golf tournament
(+20). Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: "Golf: U.S. Open finish". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press
1979_U.S._Open_(golf)
Golf tournament
Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: "Site of 1980 U.S. Open". Chicago Tribune. June 12, 1980. p. 6, section 4. "Jack is
1980_U.S._Open_(golf)
Golf tournament
After 1981, the U.S. Open was not played at Merion until 2013. East Course Source: Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Opens: 1971: 6,544 yards (5
1981_U.S._Open_(golf)
Instagram posts contains the top 20 posts by number of likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked post as of
List of most-liked Instagram posts
List_of_most-liked_Instagram_posts
Mental disorder associated with trauma
pp. 31–56. ISBN 0-7156-3046-6. "Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene 3". Open Source Shakespeare. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic_stress_disorder
Golf tournament
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source: "How Oakmont played in the 1994 U.S. Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 21, 1994. p. C7. Reilly, Rick
1994_U.S._Open_(golf)
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Penn.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a clerk or penman, from Dutch pen ‘pen’.Cambodian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name PEN-CHAN means "full moon."
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
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
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
Male
Welsh
 Modern Welsh form of Old Welsh Owain, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Son of Owen.
Boy/Male
English French American
Open.
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
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Owen.
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
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 : 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.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Eóghan, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Male
Welsh
Variant form of Welsh Owen, possibly OUEN means "born of yew."
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.
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
Female
English
English short form of Latin Penelope, PEN means "weaver of cunning."
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Old Norse Óðinn, ODEN means "poetry, song" and "eager, frenzied, raging."
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victory symbol
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Angel
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Wealth
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire and Lancashire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire and Lancashire) : habitational name from any of several places so called, of which the largest are in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The place name is from the Old English personal name Inga + hÄm ‘homestead’. Some authorities believe the first element to be a word meaning ‘the Inguione’, from an ancient Germanic tribe known as the Inguiones.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Binne, Old English Binna (of uncertain origin).Altered spelling of German and Swiss Binz.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Wife of Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati (Wife of Lord Shiva)
Male
Greek
Variant spelling of Greek Iesous, IESOS means "God is salvation."
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Chinese
I Love You
Boy/Male
Tamil
Master of Om
Girl/Female
Arabic, Modern
Charming
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
POST OPEN-SOURCE
v. t.
To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting.
a.
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect.
adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
a.
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open.
n.
One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.
v. i.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
v. t. & i.
To open.
a.
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
v. t.
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.
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.
n.
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
a.
Open.
v. t.
To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
a.
Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
a.
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
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.
a.
Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
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.
v. t.
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.